Administrative and Facility Responsibilities Flashcards
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A newly hired consultant pharmacist is reviewing a facility's emergency medication kit ('e-kit'). Which of the following is the MOST important policy element to verify?
Answer: That sealed kits are inspected for tampering, contents are inventoried, and expired medications are replaced regularly
E-kit policies must ensure periodic integrity checks for tamper evidence, regular inventory reconciliation, and timely replacement of expired or used medications.
Under HIPAA, when may a consultant pharmacist share a resident's medication information with a family member without the resident's explicit authorization?
Answer: Only when the resident has been declared legally incompetent or the family member is the healthcare proxy/legal representative
HIPAA permits disclosure to a personal representative or legally designated healthcare proxy; without such designation or resident consent, PHI may not be shared with family members.
A long-term care facility is found to have no documented procedure for reporting medication errors to the attending physician. Under CMS standards, this is BEST categorized as:
Answer: A deficiency related to pharmacy services and medication error reporting systems (F-tag F756/F761)
Absence of a medication error reporting procedure is a deficiency under CMS pharmacy services requirements, typically cited under F-tags related to medication management.
What is the PRIMARY purpose of conducting a formulary review in a long-term care facility?
Answer: To identify clinically inappropriate or duplicative drug therapies and optimize cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing
Formulary reviews help identify therapeutic duplications, inappropriate medications, and opportunities to align prescribing with clinical guidelines and evidence-based standards.
A facility's infection preventionist asks the consultant pharmacist to help develop an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). Which metric is MOST important to track as a core ASP outcome?
Answer: Days of therapy (DOT) per 1,000 resident-days for targeted antimicrobials
Days of therapy (DOT) per 1,000 resident-days is the standard benchmarking metric for antimicrobial stewardship programs to measure antibiotic use and track improvement.
Which of the following scenarios MOST clearly represents a medication-related problem that a consultant pharmacist should flag during a drug regimen review?
Answer: A resident receiving warfarin without any documented INR monitoring in the past 60 days
Warfarin therapy without INR monitoring represents a serious medication safety issue, as lack of monitoring increases the risk of bleeding or thromboembolic complications.
When a nursing facility transitions to a new pharmacy provider, which of the following is the consultant pharmacist's MOST critical administrative responsibility during the transition?
Answer: Ensuring continuity of medication supply, accurate transfer of medication profiles, and no interruption in drug regimen review services
During pharmacy transitions, the consultant pharmacist must ensure uninterrupted medication supply, accurate profile transfers, and continuation of monthly DRR services to protect resident safety.