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Medication administered to an allergic patient - Coggle Diagram
Medication administered to an allergic patient
EMR failed to flag allergy
Allergies were never entered
Assumed admitting nurse recorded allergies
Miscommunication between medical staff
Nurse failed to check or ask the patient's
medication allergies
Not utilizing the EMR
Rushing
Caring for Multiple Patients
Unit is understaffed
Assumed safe
Physician ordered
Medication allergy was not recorded properly in EMR
Admitting nurse wrote brand name
Unaware of policy about using generic medication names
Forgot to correct brand name
to generic name
Failed to Check
EMR did not block the order
Pharmacy Approval
Language Barrier
No interpretor
Patient unable to answer or sedated
Lack of Knowledge about Matching Brand
and Generic Names
Medication Given to Wrong Patient
Failed to perform 5 Rights
of Medication Administration
Medication dispensing system stocked
with incorrect medication
Failed to Scan Medication