Medication Reconciliation

Medication Reconciliation

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Surname

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* 3. Date

Today's date

Date

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* 4. What percentage of medication histories have at least one error?

a) 10-67%

b) 5%

c) 0%

d) 90%

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* 5. Where does 50% of medication errors occur?

a) In the patient room

b) At transitions of care

c) At home

d) Medication round

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* 6. Patients with one or more medicines missing from their discharge information are 2.3 times more likely to be readmitted to hospital than those with correct information on discharge.

True

False

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* 7. What percentage of discrepancies in medication treatment originate from poor medication history taking?

a) 0%

b) 85%

c) 5%

d) 99%

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* 8. Obtaining a best possible medication history should not involve a patient medication interview, where possible?

a) True

b) False

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* 9. Choose the correct examples of how you would verify the medication information.

a) Reviewing the patient’s medicines list

b) Inspection of medicine containers

c) Contacting community pharmacists and GPs

d) Communicating with carers or the patient’s family members

e) All of the above

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* 10. What should you do if you discover a discrepancy?

a) Ignore the discrepancy

b) Tell your colleague during tea break

c) Discuss these with the prescriber and ensure that the reasons for changes to therapy are documented