CVS CVS Assessment Medication Safety and Error Prevention Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of the 'five rights' of medication dispensing at CVS?

Accepted Answer

To ensure the right patient gets the right drug, dose, route, and time

Answer

The five rights—right patient, drug, dose, route, and time—are the foundation of safe medication dispensing.

Question 2

A customer hands you a prescription and the drug name looks similar to another medication on the shelf. What should you do first?

Accepted Answer

Alert the pharmacist immediately before proceeding

Answer

Look-alike/sound-alike drugs are a leading source of dispensing errors, so the pharmacist must verify before any action.

Question 3

Which practice best prevents a medication mix-up when filling multiple prescriptions at once?

Accepted Answer

Keep each patient's prescriptions physically separated at all times

Answer

Physical separation of each patient's prescription bag or workspace prevents cross-patient medication errors.

Question 4

What should a CVS pharmacy technician do if they notice a potential drug-drug interaction while entering a prescription?

Accepted Answer

Flag it for the pharmacist to review before dispensing

Answer

Pharmacists are licensed to evaluate drug interactions; technicians must flag alerts and never override them without pharmacist review.

Question 5

High-alert medications at CVS require extra verification steps primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Errors with these drugs are more likely to cause serious patient harm

Answer

High-alert medications such as anticoagulants and insulin have a narrow margin for error and can cause severe or fatal harm.

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