Medication Management and Use (MMU) Policies Review post test

Medication Recall System is an action taken to:

For Automatic Stop Order, please select the medication with correct interval. (Please select all that is applicable)

High-alert Medications are:

Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Medications (LASA): look alike (presentation, strength, appearance and name) or sound like (pronunciation) other medications leading to avoidable mix-ups 

Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (AMS): is one of the key strategies to overcome microbial resistance. It involves the careful and responsible management of antimicrobial use:

Tall Man Lettering 

Drug samples may be dispensed through pharmacy are :

Medications should be stored:

Empiric Anti-Microbial shall be prescribed for all patients who need it, except:

Physicians can dispense samples to patients require them if not available in the pharmacy

Drugs due to expire within 2 months:choose all possible 

For Long Term Care Services, Oral Controlled Drug Prescription Dispensing should be not exceed

Maintaining and periodically updating HMC formulary is the responsibility of

Stored Cytotoxic drugs should be stored in a specially designated section, and each pack identified with an auxiliary red label stating “CAUTION CYTOTOXIC SUBSTANCE”.

Whenever the seal is broken, the emergency cart shall be checked and sealed again and documented on the monthly checklist, & Pharmacy Department shall be notified

Professionals participating in the P&T Committee shall disclose financial relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical supply vendors

Medications of crash carts should be returned to the Pharmacy one months prior to expiry for immediate replacement

Whenever an emergency medication is used in an emergency situation, the Pharmacy Department should replace the medication only by requisition 

A drug should be approved for addition to the formulary for one of the following reasons ;

The use of patient’s own supply of medications during hospitalization shall be specified in the medication order as patient own medication

A drug batch expired by March 2019

Within HMC facilities it is allowed for patients to self administration of medication with the proper education.  

Concentrated electrolytes shall be considered as high-alert medications?

The medication error  reporting system is

What is the quantity of high alert medications can be stored in inpatient units?

The Corporate P& T committee will evaluate new drugs’ requests only received by the facility Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees

For Dinoprostone prescription copy ,the pharmacist shall check the following before dispensing :

Pharmacy should remove recalled drugs from the inpatient units within 48 H of notification, ensure their return to the pharmacy store

Verification of Patient own medication is the responsibility of 

If the patient’ own medication cannot be identified by the pharmacist, the patient still to take it

Which of the following is not a component of identifying patient correctly?

Within (12) months, of a new formulary medication being made available in HMC, the Corporate P&T committee shall receive a report regarding the impact of the medication on clinical practice