Medication event factors
- Sydney Edlund
- Suzanne Wood
Description
Additional medication event-specific contributing factors.
On-Screen Instructions
Field Type
Responses
Look-alike/sound-alike drugs
The event involved look-alike/sound-alike drugs or other substances.
Medication therapy management (MTM) patient
The patient involved in the adverse event was a medication therapy management (MTM) patient and that status contributed to the event.
Multitasking
Pharmacist or pharmacy staff multitasking contributed to the event.
Includes
Counseling or answering patient questions
Filling more than two prescriptions for the patient at the same time
Filling prescriptions for more than one patient at the same time
Responding to requests from pharmacy technicians or other staff
Talking with prescribing provider
Excludes
Event-Type Specific Questions |
Event carried through one or more refills
The event was carried through at least one refill before discovery.
Event-Type Specific Questions |
Other (please describe)
Any other factor related to medication event-specific factors, not included in the list above, contributed to the event.
Guide for Use
History
Start Date | 2013 |
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End Date | n/a |
Change History | n/a |
Field Name | med_extra |
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