MEDICATION SAFETY

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Medication Safety is the ______________ in Malaysian Patient Safety Goals

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Goal 3

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Medication error can occur at any of the process below EXCEPT: Filling, Administering, Dispensing, Registration

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Registration

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Dispensing or administration to the patient of a dose that is greater than or less than the amount ordered by the prescriber or administration of duplicate doses to the patient. What is the type of error as described above?

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Dose error

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All allergy should be reported as ADR but not all ADR should be reported as Allergy. True or False?

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True

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Strategies to reduce risk of error involving High Alert Medication (HAM) are as below EXCEPT: TALL-man Lettering, HAM cautionary label, Verbal orders (if unavoidable) must be verified and immediately documented and countersigned by the prescriber, Increase the number of HAM medicines in ward

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Increase the number of HAM medicines in ward

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Medication reconciliation is a best practice designed to minimize the adverse event related to medication discrepancies.

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TRUE

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Which statement below best describes 5 steps in reconciliation process? Conduct medication history taking, Review patient’s record prior to interview, Reconcile list from the history, Communicate discrepancies to the prescriber, All the above

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All the above

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If a patient does not remember all the medications he takes at home, which is the best action to obtain an accurate list for him? Options: Write down the names of the medications he remembers, Ask him to describe the color and shapes of the medications, Use a reference that lists the most common medications taken by men, Requests a current list of medications from his pharmacy record.

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Requests a current list of medications from his pharmacy record.

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3 steps involved in medication reconciliation can be used to collect a best possible medication history EXCEPT: Interview the patient and/or caregiver, Review reliable source of information such as online database system and medical record, Consult a pharmacist

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List down the most recent medication list supplied from Hospital Yan only

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If a nurse finds that the name and dosage of a medication do not match the instructions on the label, what should be done?

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Contact the pharmacy or doctor for verification