PTCE by Sacha Koborsi-Tadros

Author:Sacha Koborsi-Tadros
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
Published: 2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Summary

■Errors may occur due to actions of the prescribers, administrators, pharmacy personnel, or even patients or their family members.

■It is important to determine the source of the error and then come up with a plan to resolve the situation and eliminate future errors.

■The pharmacist should always review look-alike/sound-alike and high-risk drugs before having the technician fill a prescription.

■Pharmacists should perform a drug utilization review (DUR) for each prescription to determine if any potential changes need to be made.

■Prescriptions should be screened for potential adverse drug events (ADE). Therapeutic substitutions can also be made to help patients with cost savings.

■Pharmacy personnel must understand when to use leading and trailing zeros.

■Pharmacy inventory should be separated by formulation as well as by usage. Medications with similar names should be separated on pharmacy shelves.

■Abbreviations on ISMP’s list of error-prone abbreviations should not be used.

■Event reporting procedures are used to identify areas for improvement and prevent the occurrence of future adverse drug events.

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