Read the article assigned for this week’s reading and answer the following questions. Submit your answers in an APA format summary. a. What is the definition of a medication error? b. What are "high-alert" medications? c. What abbreviations are dangerous? Are these evidence based? d. What drug names are frequently confused? e. How should tall man lettering be applied to differentiate look-alike/soundalike drug names?
Answer: A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.
Answer: High-alert medications are drugs that bear a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error. Although mistakes may or may not be more common with these drugs, the consequences of an error are clearly more devastating to patients.
Answer: Dangerous Abbreviation :
HS- Half strength
cc - Cubic centimeters
IU- International Unit.
Answer: Most and frequently confused drugs are:
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