Orientation teaching tool to prevent medication error.
Patients can be harmed and even killed when a medication error occurs. The following questions are based on actual errors which have been reported through the Medication Error Reporting Program (MERP). This teaching tool is intended as a take home test to make newly hired pharmacists aware of common medication errors. An informed practitioner is another layer of safety in decreasing the possibility of a medication error occurring.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006.
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