What Is Medication Reconciliation

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is medication reconciliation?

• A) Comparing the patient's current medication orders to all of the medications actually being taken
• B) The administration of high alert medications that have been ordered on admission to an acute care facility
• C) The completion of an incident report following a variance that resulted in a serious complication
• D) A printout of computerized patient data that identifies the times that all of the ordered medications are to be administered

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