Patient Safety Week

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Across
  1. 2. UPMC supports _ ____ _____, an environment in which employees are encouraged to speak up and report safety events or near misses without fear of retaliation or intimidation.
  2. 3. American 501 organization focusing on the prevention of medication errors and promoting safe medication practices.
  3. 5. Minimum number of characters needed to be entered in the AcuDose for drug searches.
  4. 6. These medications can be confused when communicating between healthcare providers, especially when taking verbal or phone orders.
  5. 7. Barcode _____ is very important to verify you have the correct medication and dose.
  6. 10. This is sent out via email in between each shift to pass-off information such as call-offs, shortages, and medication orders that need further clarification prior to being verified.
  7. 13. Completed in between each shift by the charge pharmacist to pass off any safety concerns or issues to be aware of.
  8. 14. Someone involved in an unanticipated adverse patient event or medication error and feels personally responsible for the patient outcome and overly places blame on themselves.
  9. 18. PUH-SHY medication safety officer
  10. 19. These medications have a high risk of causing serious injury or death if misused.
  11. 20. A technique that uses uppercase lettering to help differentiate look-alike drug names.
Down
  1. 1. Independent _____ _____ require two people to separately check components of an order or medication to ensure correctness.
  2. 4. 1-800-222-1222 is the phone number for the Pittsburgh ____ ____.
  3. 8. Installed in medication rooms, the narcotic vault, and IV room as a way to waste controlled substances in a way that is irretrievable.
  4. 9. Medications that are _____ ____ _____ must be placed in brown bags to prevent deterioration of the product.
  5. 11. Medication errors that reach the patient or leave the pharmacy should be reported in _______.
  6. 12. “I need ____” can be said to bring attention to a patient safety issue without alarming the patient and/or their family.
  7. 15. When staff intervene on a medication event or error, we recognize them for their “____ ____.”
  8. 16. The __ ___ ____ list is in two areas of the pharmacy and contains a list of medications that must be hand delivered if requested STAT due to product deterioration if transported in another manner.
  9. 17. These medications are similar in appearance (size, color, or shape).