Morphine is an ________ pain medication
Report all severe or potentially life threatening allergies and adverse drug reactions to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring, also known as __________
Tall ______ lettering uses a combination of lower and upper case letters to reduce the risk of confusion with look-alike and sound-alike medication names
Used with opioids to prevent constipation
Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) NZ ______ Use of Opioids National Collaborative
The World Health Organisation’s Global Patient Safety Challenge on medication safety aims to reduce the level of severe,
avoidable harm related to
medications by 50 _______ over 5 years, globally
Consumer question focus of Patient Safety Week 2017: What is my medicine ________?
Blood sugar level less than 4 mmol/L
A tool for communicating with patients (Acknowledge, Introduce, Identify, Duration, Explanation, Thanks)
Methotrexate is taken once _____________ for rheumatoid arthritis
Always check and review a patient’s known adverse drug reactions (including allergies) before prescribing, dispensing or ___________ a medicine
The term _______________ refers to the risk of
acute kidney injury when an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor antagonist is used in combination with a diuretic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) or COX-2 inhibitor
The number of key consumer questions that are the focus of Patient Safety Week 2017
Administer intravenous (IV) heparin infusion using a __________
Used to reverse the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran
These are used to reduce patient exposure to particle contamination when injecting medications
Always use oral ____________to prepare or administer oral or enteral products