Medication Safety Quiz
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What is a potential consequence of decimal errors in drug dosing or body weight documentation?

  • Reduced effectiveness of the medication
  • Several-fold overdosing (correct)
  • No significant impact on patient health
  • Increased absorption of the medication
  • How can dosing errors of combination drug products be prevented?

  • Administering the drugs separately
  • Using the right component for dose calculation (correct)
  • Relying on visual inspection of the drugs
  • Increasing the overall drug concentration
  • What technology is encouraged to minimize errors with parenteral medications, especially for continuous infusions?

  • Traditional medication administration methods
  • Standardized concentrations and programmable infusion pumps (correct)
  • Non-standardized drug concentrations
  • Manual infusion techniques
  • How have electronic health records (EMR) contributed to decreasing medication errors?

    <p>Clinical decision support systems and barcoding technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is responsible for the joint effort in the prevention of medication errors according to the text?

    <p>Health care professionals, patients, and parents/caregivers</p> Signup and view all the answers

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