Six Rights of Drug Adminstration

Reading the medication label on three separate occasions ensures:

• the right drug
• the right patient
• the right dose
• the right route

It is advisable to have another person verify your math calculations to ensure:

• the right drug
• the right dose
• the right time
• the right route

Checking the order to confirm the medicine is to be given sublingual ensures:

• the right route
• the right dose
• the right patient
• the right drug

To maintain a drug at the proper blood level, you must ensure:

• the right drug
• the right route
• the right time
• the right patient

You should correctly identify the patient by asking their name to ensure

• the right patient
• the right doccumentation
• the right route
• the right drug

It is important to include route, name of drug, date and time drug given to ensure:

• the right patient
• the right time
• the right documentation
• the right drug

You should ask the patient about having any allergies:

• at annual physical exam
• when the pt checks in at the front desk
• after you have administered them medication
• before you administer them medication

If you are not familiar with the medicine you are administering, you should

• look it up in the PDR
• find the doctor and ask him
• ask another medical assistant
• refer the patient to the pharmacist

All the following should be on a medication order except:

• patient's name
• name of drug
• route of drug
• provider's name

The most accurate method of dosage calculation is

• the proportional method
• the formula method
• body surface area
• kilogram of body weight