Patient Safety Awareness Week

2. 1-800-222-1222 is the phone number for the Pittsburgh ____ ____.
5. These medications are similar in appearance (size, color, or shape).
6. “I need ____” can be said to bring attention to a patient safety issue without alarming the patient and/or their family.
8. American 501 organization focusing on the prevention of medication errors and promoting safe medication practices.
11. When staff intervene on a medication event or error, we recognize them for their “____ ____.”
14. 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.
15. Medication errors that reach the patient and/or near misses should be reported in _______.
16. Minimum number of characters needed to be entered in the AcuDose for drug searches.
17. PUH-SHY medication safety officer

1. These medications can be confused when communicating between healthcare providers, especially when taking verbal or phone orders.
3. A technique that uses uppercase lettering to help differentiate look-alike drug names.
4. Independent _____ _____ require two people to separately check components of an order or medication to ensure correctness.
7. These medications have a high risk of causing serious injury or death if misused.
9. Medications that are _____ ____ _____ must be placed in brown bags to prevent deterioration of the product.
10. 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.
12. Installed in medication rooms as a way to waste controlled substances in a way that is irretrievable.
13. Barcode _____ is very important to verify you have the correct medication and dose.