What Could Be Done to Help Reduce Medication Errors Due

question 5

Multiple Choice

What could be done to help reduce medication errors due to illegible handwriting?

• A)Insist prescribers take a handwriting lesson to reduce "chicken scratch" prescriptions.
• B)Ask each patient dropping off a prescription what the doctor has prescribed.
• C)Allow for electronic prescriptions to be filled at your pharmacy.
• D)Enforce prescribing regulations at your pharmacy.

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Definitions:

Correcting Entry

An accounting entry made to correct any erroneous or previously misunderstood transactions recorded in the financial statements.

Trial Balance

A bookkeeping worksheet in which the balances of all ledgers are compiled into debit and credit account column totals that are equal to ensure the accounting system's mathematical correctness.

Errors

Errors are mistakes or inaccuracies that occur in financial statements or other business documents, often necessitating corrections.

Debits

The left side of an accounting ledger where increases in expenses, assets, or decreases in liabilities and equities are recorded.