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NAPLEX Flashcards: Risk Management And Error Prevention

Study Risk Management And Error Prevention in NAPLEX with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is a medication error according to standard patient safety definitions?

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ANSWER

Preventable event causing or risking inappropriate medication use. This focuses on avoidable failures in the medication use process that may lead to harm, promoting error prevention strategies.

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In a hospital pharmacy, a 6-year-old female (20 kg) is prescribed IV morphine for post-operative pain: morphine 0.05 mg/kg IV every 2 hours as needed. Current medications: acetaminophen 15 mg/kg PO every 6 hours, ondansetron 0.15 mg/kg IV every 8 hours PRN. Allergies: none. Labs: SCr 0.4 mg/dL, AST 26 U/L, ALT 18 U/L, A1c not applicable, INR 1.0. A nurse requests a morphine dose from an adult vial concentration (10 mg/mL), creating a high-alert pediatric dosing and concentration error risk. Which action should the pharmacist take to mitigate this risk?
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