Patient Safety and Quality Assurance in Healthcare, Exams of Medicine

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Chapter 3 - Patient Safety and Quality

Assurance

Which of the following is an Internet-accessible database to track medication errors in hospitals? - ✔MEDMARX (p. 137) Which organization oversees MedWatch? - ✔FDA [Food & Drug Admin.] (p. 136) The ___________ is responsible for approving "tall man" letters. - ✔ISMP [Institute of safe medication practices] (p. 125) Also FDA The __________ implemented the error-prone abbreviation list. - ✔ISMP (p. 125) Which organization is responsible for overseeing MEDMARX? - ✔USP [United States Pharmacopeia] (p. 137) IGNORE ANSWER SHEET "Tall man" letters are used to __________. - ✔indicate differences in the spelling of drug names (p. 129) Which of the following drug classifications is listed on the ISMP List of High-Alert Drug Classes or Categories for Acute Care Settings? - ✔Hypoglycemics (oral) (p. 126) The abbreviation "od" could be misinterpreted for __________. - ✔right ear (p. 128)

AD, AS, AU - right ear, left ear, each ear OD, OS, OU - right eye, left eye, each eye Which of the following strategies may result in a reduction in medication errors? -

✔Spell out drug names

C & D incorrect (p. 128) Which of the following medications is found on the ISMP's list of high-alert medications for acute care settings? - ✔methotrexate (p. 126) ____________ has been identified as a "potentially inappropriate medication" for use in older adults. - ✔amiodarone (p. 134) Which of the following methods of prescribing medications will reduce the number of prescription errors? - ✔Electronic (p. 140) What should a pharmacy technician do if they receive a warning during the drug utilization evaluation phase of prescription processing? - ✔Inform the pharmacist immediately (p. 133) A patient complains of experiencing an adverse drug effect. What should the pharmacy technician do? - ✔Listen carefully to the patient and inform the pharmacist of the situation. (p.

A patient asks to purchase a box of Sudafed from behind the counter. You know the patient has elevated blood pressure, and a warning appears on the back of the box that it should not be taken by an individual with hypertension. What should you do? - ✔Inform the pharmacist of the situation. (p. 135) Which MERP error category is defined as an error that may have contributed or resulted in a patient's death? - ✔Category I (i) (p. 124)

Which of the following medications has been involved in a high incidence of medication errors? - ✔warfarin (p. 126) FAERS is a method of reporting adverse effects associated with _________. - ✔approved drugs (p. 135) Which organization oversees VAERS? - ✔FDA (p. 136) Which document in medication therapy management is a comprehensive medication record of the patient's prescription and nonprescription medications?

• ✔PMR (p. 130) Which category of drug utilization evaluation provides an ongoing monitoring of drug therapy during the course of a patient's treatment? - ✔concurrent (p. 133) Which federal agency is responsible for the administration of FAERS? - ✔FDA (p. 135, 136) Which organization established the National Medication Errors Reporting Program and the National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program? - ✔ISMP (p. 136) A prospective drug utilization evaluation would identify __________. - ✔drug-disease contraindications (p. 133) Which of the following is found on a bar code? - ✔NDC number (p. 133) Which of the following does The Joint Commission certify? - ✔Hospitals (p. 127, internet) Information that is obtained through MERP is used to ____________. -

✔Understand a medication error (p. 137) When should hypoallergenic gloves be changed? - ✔hourly (p. 138) What frequency must surface disinfection sampling and assessment be performed and documented in sterile compounding environments? - ✔Every 6 months (p. 139)?? How often does a laminar airflow workbench need to be certified? - ✔Every 6 months (p. 139)