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Focus on Safe Medication Practices

Focus on Safe Medication Practices

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Focus on Safe Medication Practices explains how and why medication errors occur and provides strategies and procedures for both preventing and managing medication incidents. The text includes careful guidelines, prevention strategies, thought-provoking questions, and plenty of case studies. To assist readers in developing and implementing safe medication practices, the book focuses on eight essential goals—becoming aware of the issue; learning the terminology; understanding the scope and frequency of incidents; identifying common types of errors; recognizing medication incident issues within specific specialty areas; identifying potential sources of error; implementing measures to reduce the risk of incidents; and dealing with medication incidents.

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Publication date
2008
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
256
Weight (g)
340
  • Chapter 1:: Defining the Issues

    • Definitions
    • Types of Medication Incidents
    • Studies of Patient Safety
    • The Impact of Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors
    • Summary
    • Reflective Questions

    Chapter 2:: Why Medication Incidents Occur

  • Error Theory
  • Studies of Contributory Factors
  • Classification of Contributory Factors
  • Immediate or Common Causes of Medication Incidents
  • Root or System Causes of Medication Incidents
  • Summary
  • Reflective Questions

Chapter 3:: Prevention of Medication Incidents:: Risk Management to Improve Patient Safety

Elements of Risk Management in Pharmacy System Preventive Strategies General Preventive Strategies for Organizations Preventive Strategies for Pharmacies Personal Preventive Strategies Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 4:: Common Causes of Medication Incidents and Preventions Strategies

Illegible Handwriting Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Medications Verbal Prescriptions Faxed Prescriptions Missing Information Abbreviations and Symbols Calculation and Decimal Point Errors Drug Device Errors Lack of Patient Education/Understanding Failed Communication with Patients Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 5:: Underlying Root Causes and Prevention Strategies

Psychological and Human Factors Dispensing Process Manufacturer Issues Reconciliation Pharmacy Workload Environment Organizational Issues Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 6:: Causes and Preventions Strategies in Specialty Practices

Pediatrics Compounding Nonprescription Medications Immunization Methadone Treatment Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 7:: Technological Solutions to Promoting Safe Medication Practices

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) E-prescribing Bar Code Technology Radio Frequency Identification Automated Dispensing Other Technologies That Can Reduce Medication Error Rates Limitations of Technology in Medication Error Reduction Automation Case Study Unit-Dose Systems Point-of-Care Medication Administration Systems The Impact of Facilities Design Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 8:: Dealing with Medication Incidents in Pharmacy

Plan of Action for Handling a Medication Incident Protocol for Handling a Medication Incident Incident Reporting Root Cause Analysis Communication of a Medication Incident/Disclosure Staff Issues During a Medication Incident Summary Reflective Questions

Chapter 9:: Instituting Safe Medication Practices in Pharmacy

Continuous Quality Improvement Failure Mode Effects Analysis Self-Assessment Other Methods for Improving Patient Safety Developing a Patient Safety Plan Barriers to Patient Medication Safety Summary Reflective Questions

Appendix A:: Organizations Involved in Patient Safety

Appendix B:: Strategies and Tools for Prevention of Specific Types of Problems

Glossary

Index

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