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Ch. 14
Medication Safety and Error Prevention
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Unauthorized Drug Error | Medication administered to a patient from an unauthorized prescriber; physician not licensed in that state or not an authorized prescriber |
| Wrong Administration | Drug is given using wrong procedure or technique (eg, given an IM dose as an IV dose or placing an ophthalmic solution in wrong eye) |
| Wrong Dosage Form | Medication administered in a dosage form other than what was ordered (eg, capsule for tablet, ointment for cream) |
| Wrong Drug Preparation | Drug is incorrectly formulated (eg. wrong calculations or wrong solution used for reconstitution) or manipulated (eg, break in aseptic technique), and medication is administered to patient |
| -olol | Beta Blocker |
| -sartan | ARB'S |
| IPA | Independent Physician Association |
| PAR | Periodic Automatic Replenishment |
| Organization That Tracks Medication Error | FDA MedWatch |
| caine | Anesthetics |
| CFU | Colony Forming Units |
| USP <797> | Sterile Compounding |