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Pharmacy Law chp 2 medical errors chp 17 key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biennial inventory | DEA registered pharmacies a required by law to take an initial inventory of all controlled substances. should be taken every 2 years |
| child resistant packaging | special packaging used for hazardous products such as prescription and over the counter drugs and household products to reduce the risk of ingestion |
| controlled substances | drugs or chemical substances who are regulated under federal controlled substance act. subject to stricter controls than other prescription and nonprescription drugs |
| Drug Enforcement Administration DEA | federal agency who administers and enforce federal laws for controlled substances such as narcotics and other dangerous drugs |
| initial inventory | the inventory a pharmacy takes of its stock of controlled substances upon beginning the dispensing or distrubution |
| legend drug | a drug that is required by law to be dispensed by prescription only. Rx only |
| practice of pharmacy | regulated by each state through its pharmacy laws and regulations.the responsiblities that pharmacists are premitted to perform in the state |
| prescription monitoring programs | programs to collect review and analyze info recieved from pharmacies |
| regulations or rules | issued by an adminstrative or governmental agency that establish the requirements that must be followed by the regulated persons or entites. |
| compliance error | an error occurring when patients do not follow thier dosing regimen |
| deteriorated drug error | use of an expired medication or one whose properties have been compromised |
| failure mode and effects analysis FEMA | a process that evalutes where errors might occur and estimates their potential impact |
| high alert medications | medications that have a high risk of causing patients harm when used in error |
| improper dose error | a dose that is greater than or less than that ordered by the prescriber |
| medication error | any error occurring in the medication use porcess |
| medication misadventure | a general term to describe drug related incidents |
| monitoring error | failure to review a medication order or associated clinical lab vaules |
| omission error | a scheduled dose that is omitted entirely |
| prescribing error | error occurring during the prescribing process |
| root cause analysis RCA | a process for retrospectively analyzing an error |
| unauthorized drug error | an error occurring when a drug given to or taken by a patient was not ordered by an authrorized prescriber |
| wrong administration technique error | an error occurring when a medication is givenor taken by the wrong route or the use of an improper procedure |
| wrong dosage form error | use of incorrect medication dosage form |
| wrong time error | administration of a medication dose outside of an established schedule time |
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