Medication Errors and Safety

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Across
  1. 2. Leading zeros should be used before ____________________ points.
  2. 5. It is important that when medications are administered, the drug and dose should be read and verified at least ____________________ times.
  3. 6. Pharmacy technicians must attempt to do everything possible to ____________________ medication errors.
  4. 7. Both internal and external noise can interrupt the ____________________ of health care workers and cause medication errors.
  5. 9. Abbreviations may cause confusion for other health care providers. Therefore, the Joint Commission and the ISMP have made lists of potentially dangerous ____________________.
  6. 12. Trailing zeros are those that ____________________ decimal points.
  7. 13. The most common medication error is the ____________________ of the drug.
  8. 14. A nurse must always remember to ____________________ each administration of medication.
  9. 15. Doses of drugs must be measured out with complete ____________________.
Down
  1. 1. Medication errors may occur when patients ____________________ drugs at home.
  2. 3. Some patients use illegal drugs that they often do not ____________________ to their physicians.
  3. 4. Flow sheets are used to ____________________ each dose of every medication, allowing caregivers to track the patient’s response to each drug over time.
  4. 8. Every patient’s pain ____________________ level is different.
  5. 10. Prescribing ____________________ may be due to human factors.
  6. 11. Herbal remedies may ____________________ dangerously with certain medications.