Medication Safety Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a high alert medication?

• Dopamine injection

• Potassium chloride injection

• Dextrose powder

• Labetalol injection

Which class of medications is considered high alert?

• Antihistamine

• Insulin

• Antibiotics

• Vitamins

Tall Man Lettering is a strategy to reduce errors in which area?

• Dosage calculation

• Patient identification

• Drug name confusion

• IV compatibility

Which of the following is the BEST definition of a medication error?

• An unavoidable occurrence leading to the misuse of medications that may cause patient harm

• A preventable occurrence leading to the misuse of medications that may cause patient harm

• 
  An intentional misuse of medication that causes no harm to the patient

• 
  An intentional misuse of medication that causes significant harm to the patient

Which professionals are responsible for medication safety?

• Pharmacist

• Prescribing Doctor

• Nurses

• All of the above

Below are the 5 Rights of Medication except

• Right patient

• Right medication

• Right response

• Right dose

• Right time

In a pharmacy setting, the acronym “LASA” stands for

• Licensed And Safe Agents

• Look-Alike Sound-Alike

• Labeling And Storage Assessment

• Legal And Structural Alerts

A near-miss event is

• A medication event that causes harm

• An error caught before reaching the patient

• A resolved drug interaction

• A discontinued medication

Which of the following statement about measures in preventing medication error is FALSE:

• Separating the position of "Look-Alike-Sound Alike" drugs

• Ensure that cross-checking is done in the process of supplying medicines

• Select the medication based on storage location only without reading the label

• Inform patients on changes in medication appearances

The correct way to write Tall Man Lettering is

• FELOdipine & AMLOdipine

• feloDIPINE & amloDIPINE

• Felodipine & Amlodipine

• FELODIPINE & AMLODIPINE