PPT-DRUG NAMES AND MEDICATION ERRORS

1 DRUG NAMES Chemical name Development name used internally Biologic drugs too complex to use chemical name Nonproprietary name generic name Combination name for some combination drugs Proprietary name brand name. 57374s more medicines and ne57375 brands are being marketed in addition to the thousands already available many of these medication names may look or sound alike some examples are illustrated in Table 1 Thus the potential for error due to confusing Risk Reduction . How do you define a medication error?. “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or client harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, client, or consumer.”. Are Key to . Keeping Kidney Patients Safe. On average, dialysis patients take 6 to 10 different medications each day.. Most dialysis patients report that they only “sometimes” discuss all of their medications with their doctor.. 2017. Course purpose. To provide an overview of medical errors in today’s health care system and to identify the incidence and causes of medical errors and the risk factors disposing to medical errors, and to provide strategies to prevent medical errors in the healthcare setting, including by patients.. . Youness R. Karodeh, B.Sc., Pharm.D., R.Ph. .. Assistant Dean, Associate Professor and . Director of Nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy Program. Howard University, College of Pharmacy. Washington, D.C. Objectives. After reading this chapter, you will be able to: . Identify problems patients would experience with over-the-counter purchases and take appropriate action to intervene.. Identify commonly prescribed drugs. . By. Tsneem. . Tagelsir. . Khider. Medication safety. What is “medication error”?. Error . . Failure. of a planned action to be completed as intended. Medication error . Any . preventable event . Chapter Topics. Medical errors. Medication errors. Prescription filling process in community and hospital pharmacy practices. Medication error prevention. Medication error reporting systems. Learning Objectives. 11/29/2017. 1. Introduction. Medication errors responsible for numerous adverse outcomes, including death. This results in high cost (emotional and financial). General framework for handling dispensing errors. Question 1. Which of the following medications requires that a patient product insert be provided to the patient?. Atenolol. Erythromycin. Medroxyprogesterone. Naproxen. Question 1. Which of the following medications requires that a patient product insert be provided to the patient?. Lanvis Table 1 Brand name is shown in italics—Nonproprietary name is shown in bold for nonproprietary and brand names, prior to approving new More than 33 000 trademarked and 8 000 nonproprietary m Coroners Court. Neil Petrie. October 2018. Recent Coroners Case. Methotrexate. Chemotherapeutic agent for rheumatoid arthritis. Also used for some cancers. Also may be used in psoriasis. Extremely toxic. Philip A Routledge. James Coulson. All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre. Cardiff, Wales, UK. Case Study. A 44 year-old woman had a urinary tract infection and was prescribed the antibiotic nitrofurantoin for 10 days. Two weeks later she noticed numbness, pins and needles and tingling of the lower limbs up to mid-thigh. She was examined by a neurologist three months later, who stated that this was likely to have been a peripheral neuropathy related to the previous course of nitrofurantoin. She is referred to you (as a clinical pharmacologist) for advice.. Admire Sankoh. GNUR: 530 Utilize Research-Evidenced Based Practice . Facilitator: Dr. Horton. September 15, 2015. Title, Author, and Abstract. . The title is concise, but non-specific. The title is attractive to individuals that are conducting research on the topic of medication errors.