Medication Labeling & EMR

T/F

All medications that are not immediately used should be labeled

• True

• False

What must be included on the medication label?

(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Name of medication/

  solution

• Strength

• Amount

• Diluent name and volume

• Expiration date if not used within 24 hours & time if it expires in less than 24 hours

T/F

The scrub tech can pre-label multiple containers and the circulating nurse can just go ahead and pour the medications into the pre-labeled containers as long as the medications are verbally confirmed first.

• True

• False

T/F

 If you walk into a room and see that there is a medication on the field that is not labeled, you should throw it out even if the scrub tech tells you what it is

• True

• False

T/F

Once the medication/solution has been transferred to the sterile field the container can be discarded.

• True

• False

T/F 

Temporary or permanent relief is responsible for medication management.

• True

• False

During pre-op hand off, what two things are compared by the pre-op RN and the circulating RN when verifying patient identity?

• Patient armband and computer chart

• Patient armband and label on consent

• Patient armband and any label on chart

• Patient armband and label placed on Intraoperative order form

T/F

Unless otherwise noted in the medical record, all medications documented intraoperatively by the circulator RN are understood to have been administered by the surgeon of record for the procedure.

• True

• False

T/F

The label on the intraoperative order form acts as a surrogate patient armband when the patient is in the OR.

• True

• False

 T/F

Even though we still use paper intraoperative order forms, we still have to scan the medications/solutions used into the EMR.

• True

• False