What Type of Error Occurs When a Pharmacist Fails to Adjust

question 5

Multiple Choice

What type of error occurs when a pharmacist fails to adjust the amount of KCl to be added to a total parenteral nutrition (TPN) mixture according to the daily laboratory report?

• A) Prescribing error
• B) Omission error
• C) Monitoring error
• D) Unauthorized drug error

---

Definitions:

Effective Yield

A measure of the return on an investment, considering the compound interest rate.

Decimal Places

The positions to the right of the decimal point in a decimal number, indicating fractions of ten.

Compounds Interest

Interest calculated on the initial principal, which also includes all of the accumulated interest from previous periods on a deposit or loan.

Quarterly

Occurring or produced every quarter of a year (every three months).