Ch 11 Hospital Pharmacy Dispensing

Advantages of using automated systems in managing floor stock include:

Simplifying narcotic tracking records

Receiving real-time reports

Readily identifying trends in usage

Who is responsible for submitting and complying with the hospital pharmacy budget?

Director of Pharmacy

In a hospital that does cart fill at 0600, an order is received at 0800 for Pepcid 20 mg po q12h. The standard administration times for q12h at this hospital are 0900 and 2100. How many doses of medication will the patient need until the next cart fill?

2

(__) in the patient drawer can be used as a quality-assurance tool to determine why a missing dose occurred.

Meds remaining

What are some responsibilities included in a floor stock inspection?

Check for expired medications

Who usually serves as the secretary of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee?

Director of Pharmacy

Responsibilities of the pharmacy’s drug-information center include:

Correcting any problem to prevent similar error

Analyzing medication errors

Evaluating adverse drug reactions

An (__) drug has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Investigational

When a hospital is awarded accreditation by the Joint Commission, it means the hospital

Meets the specific quality and safety standards

Who may view a hospital’s online JCAHO accreditation report?

Any consumer

Which of the following is a Joint Commission safety-related standard?

Prevention of medical errors

In planning patient care initiatives, with whom would a director of pharmacy collaborate?

Director of Nursing and Chief of Medical Staff

Which of the following is true regarding automation’s role in managing inventory?

It reduces inventory cost

It increases accuracy

Inventory data may be pooled using computerized handheld devices

Orders for stat medications are filled

Immediately

By which method do hospital pharmacies typically distribute medications?

Unit dose

A (__) is an amount of drug prepackaged for a single admission

Unit dose

Why are medications sometimes repackaged?

Because nonstandard medication doses are ordered

Because medication is not available in unit dose form

Repackaging log must contain which of the following pieces of information?

Internal Lot Number and Manufacturer’s Lot Number

Medications repackaged by a pharmacy technician must be checked by a

Pharmacist

Which of the following does the unit dose profile contain that a medication order doesn’t contain?

Time of Administration