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Calculating Medication Dosages

Question 1 • Introduction to Health Science - EL3601 B

A healthcare professional was bumped by a patient in a wheelchair and a tray with two pill cups moved. The healthcare worker accidentally gave the wrong medication to two patients. This is an example of .

Answer
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a medication measurement
B
a medication error
C
an inaccurate measurement
D
a metric measurement mistake

Explanation

Giving the wrong medication to a patient is a medication error, regardless of how the mix-up happened. The tray moving caused the worker to give the wrong medication to two patients, so this is not a measurement problem.

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