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Institute for safe Medication Practices |
A non profitorganization devoted entirely to promoting safe medication use and preventing medication errors |
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Institute of Medicine |
Provides scientifically informed analysis and guidance regarding health and health policy |
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Medication error prevention |
Methods used by pharmacy, medicine, nursing and other allied health professionals to prevent medication errors |
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Medmarx |
A national Internet accessible database that hospitals and health care systems use to track adverse drug reactions and medication errors |
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Medwatch |
Program established by the FDA for reporting drug and medical product safety alerts and label changes |
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United States Pharmacopeia |
Independent org that strives to ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and dietary supplements by setting standards and certification process |
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What is an error? |
An error is any type of preventable mistake that is made, intertional or unintentional, regardless of whether it causes harm. |
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Name 3 types of common hospital pharmacy errors, and describe them |
-wrong dosage form:Med given in a dosage other than a form that was ordered -Wrong drug prep:Drug incorrectly formulated -Prescribing error: Prescriber orders a medication that is incorrect |
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Name 3 reasons why errors occur |
Stress noise Multitasking |
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How do errors occur. Name 3 |
Illegible handwriting labeling errors look alike sound a like drug names |
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Give two examples of loo a like sound a like drug names |
-advicor, Advair -effexor XR,effexor |
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Give 2 examples of parenteral errors |
Heparin, and insulin |
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Give 2 examples of age related errors |
Elderly: Can forget if they took meds so they may take it twice Kids: Orverdosing cuz of weight an age Failure to properly store med |
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List 3 ways to stop errors |
-Maintain Daily Routine -Computerized prescription order entry barcoding -Automated dispensing |
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Absorption |
Movement of nutrients, fluids, and meds from gastro tract to blood stream |
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Digestion |
The mechanical chemical and enzymaticc action of breaking food into molecules that can be used in metabolism |
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Excretion |
Elimination of waste products |
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Ingestion |
The act of taking in food, liquid, or other substances |
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Peristalisis |
The contraction and relaxation of tubular muscles of the esophagus stomach and intestines. And moves substances from the mouth to anus |
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what is GERD and treatments |
When acidic contents back upto esophasgus -anitbiotics -anacids -H2 antagonists -dont use corticosteroids |
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What is, treatment Peptic Ulcer disease |
Chronic condition maybe med anacids antibiotics , proton pump inhibitors |
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3 agents for Diarrhea |
an increase in bowel vol -Pepto bismol -imodium - controlled substances -lomotil |
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Irritable bowel syndrome def, and treatments |
Chronic periodic diarrhea -antidepressants -antispsmodics |
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Crohns disease treatments, and def |
Chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines can cause ulcerations on the intestinal lining -Antibiotcs -Biological agents: infliximab mesalamine |
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Ulcerative Colitis def and treatments |
Causes inflammation and sores in the lining of the large intestine or colon -same drugs for Ulcerative colitis treat Crohns -Antibiotcs -Biological agents: infliximab mesalamine |
