Chapter 12 Building a Safe Medication Management
System(Correctly solved)
Organizational Costs correct answers Increased malpractice insurance premiums
Marketing costs associated with minimizing the impact of negative news media coverage
Higher employee turnover
Decreased operational efficiency due to practicing defensive medicine
MM.04.01.01 EP 15, effective January 2013 correct answers Focuses on standing orders and
order sets
This EP requires a hospital to have a process for the review of electronic standing orders, order
sets, and protocols for medication ordering.
Medication Management standard MM.01.02.01, EP 1 correct answers The hospital develops a
list of look-alike/sound-alike medications it stores, dispenses, or administers.
Note: One source of look-alike/sound-alike medications is The Institute for Safe Medication
Practices
Look-Alike / Sound-Alike Drugs correct answers Fatal errors have occurred, often due to name
similarity, when patients were given vincristine at a vinblastine dose.
Remove drugs with potentially problematic names from formulary, whenever possible.
Goal 3:
Improve the safety of using medications. correct answers NPSG.03.04.01: Label all medications,
medication containers, and other solutions on and off the sterile field in perioperative and other
procedural settings.
NPSG.03.05.01: Reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulant
therapy.
NPSG.03.06.01: Maintain and communicate accurate patient medication information.
Building a Safe Medication Management System: Steps to Success correct answers *Step 1—
Select and procure medications*
-Maintain and annually review formulary
--Indications for when a medication is to be used
--The medications effectiveness
--Risks associated with the medication
--Cost
*Step 2—Properly and safely store medications*
-Double-locked storage of controlled substances
-Stored under conditions suitable for product stability
-Use of patient's own medications
-Inspecting all medication storage areas
*Step 3—Order (prescribe) and transcribe medications*
System(Correctly solved)
Organizational Costs correct answers Increased malpractice insurance premiums
Marketing costs associated with minimizing the impact of negative news media coverage
Higher employee turnover
Decreased operational efficiency due to practicing defensive medicine
MM.04.01.01 EP 15, effective January 2013 correct answers Focuses on standing orders and
order sets
This EP requires a hospital to have a process for the review of electronic standing orders, order
sets, and protocols for medication ordering.
Medication Management standard MM.01.02.01, EP 1 correct answers The hospital develops a
list of look-alike/sound-alike medications it stores, dispenses, or administers.
Note: One source of look-alike/sound-alike medications is The Institute for Safe Medication
Practices
Look-Alike / Sound-Alike Drugs correct answers Fatal errors have occurred, often due to name
similarity, when patients were given vincristine at a vinblastine dose.
Remove drugs with potentially problematic names from formulary, whenever possible.
Goal 3:
Improve the safety of using medications. correct answers NPSG.03.04.01: Label all medications,
medication containers, and other solutions on and off the sterile field in perioperative and other
procedural settings.
NPSG.03.05.01: Reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulant
therapy.
NPSG.03.06.01: Maintain and communicate accurate patient medication information.
Building a Safe Medication Management System: Steps to Success correct answers *Step 1—
Select and procure medications*
-Maintain and annually review formulary
--Indications for when a medication is to be used
--The medications effectiveness
--Risks associated with the medication
--Cost
*Step 2—Properly and safely store medications*
-Double-locked storage of controlled substances
-Stored under conditions suitable for product stability
-Use of patient's own medications
-Inspecting all medication storage areas
*Step 3—Order (prescribe) and transcribe medications*
