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What is the first action of a healthcare provider before giving a patient any medications?
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-Asses patient health and obtain medication history (includes vitamins, herbs or food supplements)
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What are the seven "rights" of drug administration?
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1. Right patient
2. Right drug 3. Right dose 4. Right route 5. Right time 6. Right technique, right needle, right site 7. Right documentation |
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What is the major pro of over the counter drugs?
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- takes burden off health care system, safety isn't the priority its economic factors
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What are the three stages where medication errors occur?
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- prescribing or ordering medication
- dispensing medication - administering medication and monitoring for side effects |
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Why do medication errors occur? (5)
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- miscommunication
- missing info - lack of appropriate labeling by manufacturer or pharmacist - environmental factors - poor management |
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What happened in the sulfaniliamide disaster of 1937?
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- company reformulated drug by dissolving sulfanilamide in diethylene glycol (anti-freeze)
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What is an Orphan drug?
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- used to treat diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 people
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What is the Orphan drug act of 1983?
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- offers financial incentives to nonprofit and commercial organizations to develop and market new orphan drugs in the United States
- provides 7 year monopoly on orphan drug sales, tax breaks to new drug developers |