DRUG APPROVAL, SAFETY, AND ERROR
PREVENTION COMPREHENSIVE TEST
BANK 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● Automated dispensing system (ADS). Answer: electronic system
used to dispense medications
●● Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Answer: a nonprofit
organization committed to the improvement of health care by promoting
promising concepts through safety, efficiency, and other patient-centered
goals
●● Institute of Medicine (IOM). Answer: established under the National
Academies and a part of the National Academy of Sciences, this
nonprofit organization provides scientifically informed analysis and
guidance regarding health policy; projects include studies of drug safety
systems in the United States and recommendations for patient safety
●● Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). Answer: a nonprofit
organization devoted entirely to promoting safe medication use and
preventing medication errors; it gathers information on drug errors and
suggests new, safer standards to avoid such errors
,●● Medication error. Answer: any preventable event that may cause or
lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm
●● Medication error prevention. Answer: methods used by pharmacy,
medicine, nursing, and other allied health professionals to prevent
medication errors
●● MedMARx. Answer: a national Internet-accessible database that
hospitals and health care systems use to track adverse drug reactions and
medication errors
●● MedWatch. Answer: A program established by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for reporting drug and medical product
safety alerts and label changes; the program also provides a voluntary
adverse event reporting system for medications, medical products, and
devices
●● National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and
Prevention (NCCMERP). Answer: founded by the United States
Pharmacopeia, this is an independent council of more than 25
organizations gathered to address interdisciplinary causes of medication
errors and strategies for prevention
●● Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). Answer: an
organization that offers national certification for pharmacy technicians in
the United States
, ●● Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS). Answer: a
strategy for managing a known or potential serious risk associated with a
drug or biological product
●● Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT).
Answer: a national pharmacy technician organization that promotes the
education and training of pharmacy technicians; it provides links to
medication safety and quality practices for technicians
●● United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention. Answer: an
independent organization that strives to ensure the quality, safety, and
benefit of medicines and dietary supplements by setting standards and
certification processes
●● high-alert medications. Answer: What does HAMs stand for?
●● health care-associated infection (nosocomial infection). Answer:
What does HAI stand for?
●● sound alike look alike drugs. Answer: What does SALAD stand for?
●● risk evaluation and mitigation strategy. Answer: What does REMS
stand for?
PREVENTION COMPREHENSIVE TEST
BANK 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● Automated dispensing system (ADS). Answer: electronic system
used to dispense medications
●● Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Answer: a nonprofit
organization committed to the improvement of health care by promoting
promising concepts through safety, efficiency, and other patient-centered
goals
●● Institute of Medicine (IOM). Answer: established under the National
Academies and a part of the National Academy of Sciences, this
nonprofit organization provides scientifically informed analysis and
guidance regarding health policy; projects include studies of drug safety
systems in the United States and recommendations for patient safety
●● Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). Answer: a nonprofit
organization devoted entirely to promoting safe medication use and
preventing medication errors; it gathers information on drug errors and
suggests new, safer standards to avoid such errors
,●● Medication error. Answer: any preventable event that may cause or
lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm
●● Medication error prevention. Answer: methods used by pharmacy,
medicine, nursing, and other allied health professionals to prevent
medication errors
●● MedMARx. Answer: a national Internet-accessible database that
hospitals and health care systems use to track adverse drug reactions and
medication errors
●● MedWatch. Answer: A program established by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for reporting drug and medical product
safety alerts and label changes; the program also provides a voluntary
adverse event reporting system for medications, medical products, and
devices
●● National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and
Prevention (NCCMERP). Answer: founded by the United States
Pharmacopeia, this is an independent council of more than 25
organizations gathered to address interdisciplinary causes of medication
errors and strategies for prevention
●● Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). Answer: an
organization that offers national certification for pharmacy technicians in
the United States
, ●● Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS). Answer: a
strategy for managing a known or potential serious risk associated with a
drug or biological product
●● Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT).
Answer: a national pharmacy technician organization that promotes the
education and training of pharmacy technicians; it provides links to
medication safety and quality practices for technicians
●● United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention. Answer: an
independent organization that strives to ensure the quality, safety, and
benefit of medicines and dietary supplements by setting standards and
certification processes
●● high-alert medications. Answer: What does HAMs stand for?
●● health care-associated infection (nosocomial infection). Answer:
What does HAI stand for?
●● sound alike look alike drugs. Answer: What does SALAD stand for?
●● risk evaluation and mitigation strategy. Answer: What does REMS
stand for?
