MEDICATION SAFETY

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8. follow the 5 Rs • right drug • right route • right time • right dose • right patient
9.Avoiding ambiguous nomenclature • avoid trailing zeros – e.g. write 1 not 1.0 • use leading zeros – e.g. write 0.1 not .1 • know accepted local terminology • write neatly, print if necessary
Page 1 and 2: MEDICATION SAFETY Dr A.Issadeen Dep
Page 3 and 4: Rationale • Errors cause more dea
Page 5 and 6: Which patients are most at risk of
Page 7 and 8: Sequence of the Medication Use Sele
Page 9 and 10: Prescribing 38% 39% 12% 11% Transcr
Page 11 and 12: Hospital - 1
Page 13 and 14: Hospital-3
Page 15 and 16: Dispensing Errors • It is an erro
Page 17 and 18: Look-a-like
Page 19 and 20: Dispensing Errors…..Examples
Page 21 and 22: Dispensing Errors…..Examples Rx K
Page 23 and 24: Ambiguous nomenclature • Tegretol
Page 25 and 26: Error provoking condition 1. Traini
Page 27 and 28: Recommendations 1. Receives the pre
Page 29: 5. discus the prescribing error wit
Page 33 and 34: 15.Know the medication you prescrib
Page 35 and 36: 17.Develop checking habits • when
Page 37 and 38: 18.Encourage patients to be activel

MEDICATION SAFETY

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