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Med Safety
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Health Care
Professional
12/07/2010

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Term

Match

 

a) adverse event b) error c) ADR d) medication error

 

1) the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended

2) an injury caused by medical management rather than underlying condition

3) any error occuring in the medication use process

4) unintended noxious response to a drug at normal doses

Definition

1-error

2-adverse event

3-medication error

4-ADR

Term

Match

 

a) preventable AE b) ADE c) Potential ADE

 

1- AE attributable to an error

2- medication error identified before it reaches a patient

3-any injury resulting from the use of a medication

Definition

1-preventable AE

2-Potential ADE

3-ADE

Term

Predictable or Unpredictable

a) Overdose

b) Drug-disease interaction

c) allergy

d) teratogenic

e) dose-dependent

f)dose independent

Definition

a) Overdose-P

b) Drug-disease interaction-P

c) allergy-U

d) teratogenic-U

e) dose-dependent-P

f)dose independent-U

Term

Predictable or Unpredictable

a) Intolerance

b) Carcinogenic

c) Adverse effects

d)Idiosyncrasy

e) drug-drug interaction

Definition

a) Intolerance-U

b) Carcinogenic-U

c) Adverse effects-P

d)Idiosyncrasy-U

e) drug-drug interaction-P

Term

How many Americans die from medical errors each year?

How many die from medication errors alone?

What percentage of ADE are preventable?

Definition

a) 45,000-100,000

 

b) 7,000

 

c)25%

Term
Drug manufacturers/distributors require ADE reporting to____
Definition
FDA
Term
MedWatch can be used by____. It is not used to report______
Definition

lay people, and health professionals

vaccine problems

Term

a) what is the form to fill out for voluntary reporting of ADE?

b) Where do you report ADE pertaining to vaccines?

Definition

a) FDA form 3500

 

b)VAERS

Term

T/F

 

a) report problems even if you are not sure if the drug caused the event

b) If a medication error is the cause first report it to the FDA

 

Definition
a) TRUE
b) FALSE report it to ISMP MERP first
Term
What is a level 1 action required by REMS?
Definition
Medication guide to the patient
Term
What is a level 2 requirement for REMS?
Definition
Letters, communicate safety requirements
Term
What are level 3 requirements for ETASU? (elements to assure safe use)
Definition

Prescriber requirements

dispenser certified

restrict to certain settings

dispensed only with evidence of safe use conditions

required patient monitoring

enorll in patient registry

Term
Most errors occur in which stage of the med process?
Definition
Prescribing (56%)
Term
The FDA requires medication guides when_____(3)
Definition

1) info is necessary to prevent serious AE

2) Patients should know abt information of a known serious side effect

3) patient adherence to directions are essential to its effectiveness

Term

T/F

 

a) We should focus on who made the error so that it wont happen again

b) We want to prevent problems rather than reacting to them

Definition

a) FALSE focus is on WHAT allowed the error to occur

 

b) TRUE

Term
How should allergic reactions be treated? (3)
Definition

1) D/c the medication

2) treat adverse clinical signs or symptoms

3) substitute another agent

Term

How do you treat anaphylaxis? (3)

 

Definition

Monitor vital signs

maintain ABC (airway, breathging, circulation)

medications (epi, steriods, antihistamines, oxygen, fluids)

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