Ch. 7: Med Errors

Question 1

Med Reconciliation

Answer 1

• reduce medication omissions, duplications, and dosing errors as well as adverse drug events and interactions
• comparing a list of all meds that a patient is currently taking with a list of new medications that are about to be provided
• ## whenever a patient under goes a transition in care

Question 2

Adverse Drug Reaction (event) versus Adverse Drug Effect

Answer 2

• unpredictable; undesired or unintended effect that occurs at normal dosage
• excluded excessive dosages
• most common in elderly and the very young
• preditable

Question 3

Idiosyncratic Effect

Answer 3

• uncommon drug response resulting from a genetic predisposition

Question 4

Iatrogenic Disease

Answer 4

• disease produced by drugs
• drug-induced disease
• identical to naturally occurring pathology