PTCB Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025

PTCB Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What are High Alert/Risk Medications? - ANSWERSAre medications that are more likely to cause harm to a patient if used incorrectly or in error. What is the "Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)"? - ANSWERSit is the primary resource for identifying high-alert medications, like warfarin What are Look-Alike/Sound-Alike (LASA) Medications? What method does the pharmacy use to help differentiate between similar medications? - ANSWERSAre similar medications that cause a serious safety concern and a common cause of medication errors. The "Tall man lettering" method is used on many drug products and implemented in many pharmacy systems to help pharmacy personnel differentiate two very similar-looking medication names. What is the Correct Order to Correct Patients - ANSWERSThe five "rights" of medication administration is: right drug, right dose, right time, right route, and right patient to prevent a medication error from occurring. The 3 simple verification steps that will help get the correct order to the correct patient every time and reduce the risk of a dispensing error: - ANSWERSVerify name and date of birth Verify street address Briefly mention what you have for the patient to pick up What is "Tall Man Lettering" used for? - ANSWERSis used to help differentiate portions of sound-alike/look-alike drug names that are different so as to draw one's eye to a potential source of error.