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PTECH Pharmaceutics III (Hospital & Community Pharmacy) QUESTION #5735
Question 1
A nurse fails to administer a prescribed dose of $250\text{ mg}$ Ceftriaxone. According to the text, what specific type of medication error is this?
  • Unauthorized drug error
  • Omission error✔️
  • Wrong site error
  • Wrong preparation error
Correct Answer Explanation
Failure to administer an ordered dose is an omission error.