CPhT Medication Safety 3

Question 1

Which system-level safety intervention physically prevents a wrong drug or dose from being selected?

Accepted Answer

Forcing function

Answer

Independent double-check

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Fail-safe design

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Standardization

Question 2

A technician accidentally fills a prescription with the 10 mg tablet instead of the 100 mg tablet. At what point in the dispensing process should this error ideally be caught?

Accepted Answer

During pharmacist final verification

Answer

During product selection

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After patient counseling

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At the point of sale

Question 3

Which metric does ISMP use to categorize the severity of a medication error?

Accepted Answer

NCC MERP index categories A–I

Answer

Harm index scale 1–10

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FDA MedWatch severity grades

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WHO adverse event scale

Question 4

Why should leading zeros always be used but trailing zeros never used on medication labels?

Accepted Answer

To prevent 10-fold dosing errors

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To comply with DEA regulations

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To meet HIPAA standards

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To satisfy USP sterility requirements

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) in pharmacy?

Accepted Answer

Proactively identify where a process could fail before errors happen

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Investigate errors after they occur

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Train staff on medication error categories

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Report adverse events to the FDA

Question 6

A child receives an adult dose of acetaminophen due to a weight-based calculation error. Which pediatric safety guideline would have helped prevent this?

Accepted Answer

Using mg/kg dosing with weight verification

Answer

Dispensing only unit-dose packaging

Answer

Requiring a brand-name drug only

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Using tall man lettering

Question 7

Which action by a pharmacy technician constitutes a dispensing error of omission?

Accepted Answer

Not including a required auxiliary label

Answer

Filling the wrong strength

Answer

Failing to fill a required refill on time

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Providing a drug without a patient label