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Practice Ch 12 Terms
Pharmacy Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MedWatch | a voluntary program run by the FDA for reporting serious adverse events for medications and medical devices; serves as a clearinghouse for information on safety alerts and drug recalls |
| omission error | an error in which a prescribed dose is not given |
| organizational failure | an error generated by failure of organizational rules, policies, or procedures |
| root-cause analysis | a logical and systematic process used to help identify what, how, and why something happened, in order to prevent recurrence |
| assumption error | an error that occurs when an essential piece of information cannot be verified and is guesses or presumed |
| capture error | an error that occurs when a focus on a task is diverted elsewhere and therefore the error goes undetected |
| eMAR | an electronis medication administration record, used to minimize medication errors |
| extra dose error | an error in which more doses are recieved by a patient than were prescribed by the physicain |
| human failure | an error generated by failure that occurs at an individual level |
| Institute for Safe Medication Practices | a nonprofit healthcare agency whose primary misson is to understand the causes of medication errors and to provide time0critical error reduction strategies to the healthcare community, policy makers and the public |
| medical error | any circumstance, action, inaction, or decision related to health care that contributes to an unlimited health result |
| medication error | any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medicaition is in control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer |
| Medication Error Reporting Program | a USP program desgined to allow healthcare professional to report medication errors directly to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices |
| MEDMARX | an internet-based program of the USP for the use by hospitals and healthcare systems for documenting, tracking, and identifying trends for adverse events and medication errors |
| selection error | an error that occurs when two or more options exist and the incorrect option is chosen |
| sentinel error | an unexpected occurence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or the potential for occurences to happen |
| technical failure | an error generated by failure because of location or equipment |
| wrong dosage form error | an error in which the dosage form or formulation is not the accepted interpretation of the physician order |
| wrong time error | a medication error in which a drug is given 30 minutes or more before or after it was prescribe, up to the time of the next dose, not including as needed orders. |
Created by:
Stephanie.Sloas
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