Medication Errors and Preventive Strategies

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Session Title :Medication Errors and Preventive Strategies

Presenter :Mansoor Ali K Parakkal ,hospital pharmacist ,WWRC

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Question 1 of 5

1. Question
Organizations should prospectively design and implement strategies to reduce certain types of errors in order to prevent patient harm, by
- A. A hospital specific list of high-alert medications and LASA drugs
- B. Using electronic prescribing systems with clinical decision support
- C. Implementing barcode technology for the preparation, dispensing, and administration of medications, and use of automated dispensing cabinets (ADC)
- D. All of the above
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All the medication errors should be reported to electronic incident reporting system (HMC RL/OVA) But near misses /close calls are excluded from reporting
- A. True
- B. False
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3. Question
A medication error is any ……………. event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.
- A. Non-Preventable
- B. Preventable
- C. Acceptable
- D. No of the above
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4. Question
Medication error index categorized errors considering
- A. Whether the error reached the patient
- B. If the patient was harmed
- C. To what degree the patient was harmed
- D. All of the above
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5. Question
These are some factors that may influences medication errors, except
- A. Overworked or fatigued health care professionals
- B. Multiple health conditions, polypharmacy and high-risk medications, LASA drugs
- C. Standardized protocols and procedures
- D. Inadequate design that allows for human error
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Presenter :Mansoor Ali K Parakkal ,hospital pharmacist ,WWRC