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What are the responsibilities of the pharmacy technician on Medication Rounds? (6) Delivering meds to nursing floor, new meds placed in designed area, discontinued meds are to be retrieved and returned to be credited
Contiued... Check and replace floor stock and retrieve med orders on med rounds, Tell the pharmacist about any problems while on rounds, Discontinue meds will be credited by tech
What are the cautionary steps the pharmacy technician should follow when handling (5)Chemotherapeutic agents? Wear chemotherapeutic gloves, ensure such agents are properly sealed, keep such agents separate from other med, transport such agents to nursing unit, notify nursing staff of such delivery
What should you do if a loss of a controlled substance occurs due to theft? Contact the nearest DEA Diversion Field Office as well as the local/state police
Daily- Routine 0900
Warfarin Sodium 1800
TID- Routine 0900, 1300, 1700
TID Antibiotics 0600, 1400, 2200
QID- Routine Drugs 0900, 1300, 1700, 2100
Q12 H 0900, 2100
With Meals 0900, 1300, 1800
What are the two instances in which the MARs need to be recopied? All the "date" colums are used and all the spaces for medication entries are used
Typical information contained on the Patient Profile. (8) Start date, stop date, medication/dose, directions/route, cartfill quantities, patient's name/room #, allergies and diagniosis
Types of medication packaging used in the process of filling the mediaction drawer. (5) Platic blister packaging, injectable, oral unit dose liquids, unit dose tab and/or cap and tubes.
What does the achronym MUE refer to to? Medication- use evaluation
List five objectives of MUE. Improving patient safety, promoting optimal medication therapy, preventing medcation- related problems, minimzing costs of mediaction therapy, evaluation effectiveness of med therapy
What are the indicators that suggest a need for a MUE? (5) Adverse med events, signs of treatment failure, pharmacist intervenions to improve med quality, nonformulary med used /requested and patient dissatifaction
What are the pharmacist's responsibilities in MUE? (7) Create an operational plan for MUE programs, working collaboratively with prescibers, reviewing individual medication orders, managing MUE programs, collecting/ evaluation patient-specific data
Con... Reporting MUE findings, providing info based on MUE findings
Pitfalls of MUE (8) Lack of authority, lack of organization, lack of involvement, lack of follow through, lack of readily retrievable data, poor communication, poor documentation and evaluation methods impeding patient care
Created by: BrittanyRose
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