Question

Case Study

A healthcare professional prepares to deliver a single dose of Valium^® by injection. He has a prefilled syringe containing 2.5 mL, but the prescribed dose is 1.5 mL. Before he can administer the injection, his phone goes off and he rushes to another patient's room. As he does, he asks another healthcare professional to administer the Valium.

She administers the Valium^®, assuming that the prefilled syringe con-tains the appropriate dose. As a result of receiving more Valium^® than was prescribed, the patient's blood pressure drops. The first healthcare professional does not ask if the correct dose has been administered, and the patient undergoes tests to find the cause of the drop in blood pressure.

how you think this error could have been prevented?

Answer 1

If the healthcare professional followed the five rights of medication administration then this error could have been prevented.

Five rights are:right patient,right dose,right drug,right time,right route.

If the healthcare professional should've checked the right dose of medication to be administered to the patient this error would have been prevented​.

If he/she seen the prescribed dosage this would have been prevented.