Pharmacy Medication Safety and Error Prevention

Question 1

Which organization maintains the ISMP (Institute for Safe Medication Practices) High-Alert Medications list?

Accepted Answer

ISMP

Answer

FDA

Answer

DEA

Answer

CMS

Question 2

LASA (Look-Alike/Sound-Alike) medications should be stored in a pharmacy by:

Accepted Answer

Separating them physically and using tall-man lettering to distinguish names

Answer

Alphabetical order regardless of risk

Answer

Placing them next to each other for easy comparison

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Keeping them in a locked controlled substance cabinet

Question 3

The '5 Rights' of medication administration include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Right pharmacist

Answer

Right patient

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Right drug

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Right dose

Question 4

A medication error involving a wrong drug that was dispensed but caught before the patient received it is classified as a:

Accepted Answer

Near miss (close call)

Answer

Adverse drug event

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Sentinel event

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Never event

Question 5

Concentrated electrolyte solutions (e.g., potassium chloride for injection) are considered high-alert because:

Accepted Answer

If given undiluted IV, they can cause fatal cardiac arrhythmias

Answer

They are controlled substances

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They require refrigeration

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They have a very bitter taste that patients dislike

Question 6

Tall-man lettering is a strategy used to:

Accepted Answer

Differentiate LASA drug names by capitalizing distinguishing letters

Answer

Make drug labels easier to read for visually impaired patients

Answer

Indicate the drug is a controlled substance

Answer

Show the drug requires refrigeration