Prevention of Medication Errors
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, • Look alike/sound alike drugs
• DO NOT USE abbreviation
• NO trailing zeros
• Use leading zeros
• Tall man lettering
• High alert medications
• Nurse education
• Patient education
Medication Errors: Causes and Contributing Factors
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Lack of knowledge
Prescribing errors
Dosage miscalculations
Poor communication
Similar drug names
Drug packages/labels
Stressful work situations
Distractions
Types of Adverse Effects
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-Idiosyncratic Drug Response
-Carcinogen
-Teratogen
, Pharmacologic class
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How the drug acts in the body
-For example:
Drugs that treat high blood pressure are called antihypertensives. This is
their therapeutic class. There are different ways antihypertensives can lower
blood pressure. The pharmacologic class tells us how the drug works to do
that. Pharmacological classes of antihypertensive medications include
vasodilators, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin receptor blockers.
Who assigned the Trade, brand, proprietary name's?
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Assigned by the pharmaceutical company
Antagonistic effect
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-one drug interferes with the action of another
-ex.) 1+1=0
Which variables can influence drug distribution?
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, • Look alike/sound alike drugs
• DO NOT USE abbreviation
• NO trailing zeros
• Use leading zeros
• Tall man lettering
• High alert medications
• Nurse education
• Patient education
Medication Errors: Causes and Contributing Factors
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Lack of knowledge
Prescribing errors
Dosage miscalculations
Poor communication
Similar drug names
Drug packages/labels
Stressful work situations
Distractions
Types of Adverse Effects
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-Idiosyncratic Drug Response
-Carcinogen
-Teratogen
, Pharmacologic class
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How the drug acts in the body
-For example:
Drugs that treat high blood pressure are called antihypertensives. This is
their therapeutic class. There are different ways antihypertensives can lower
blood pressure. The pharmacologic class tells us how the drug works to do
that. Pharmacological classes of antihypertensive medications include
vasodilators, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin receptor blockers.
Who assigned the Trade, brand, proprietary name's?
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Assigned by the pharmaceutical company
Antagonistic effect
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-one drug interferes with the action of another
-ex.) 1+1=0
Which variables can influence drug distribution?
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