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CMS Manual System - Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

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Unauthorized Drug Examples (Drugs administered without a physician’s order):<br />

Drug Order Significance<br />

Feosol NS<br />

Coumadin 4mg S<br />

Zyloprim 100mg NS<br />

Tylenol 5 gr NS<br />

Motrin 400mg NS<br />

Wrong Dose Examples:<br />

Drug Order Administered Significance<br />

Timoptic 0.25% one drop in the<br />

left eye TID<br />

Three drops in each eye NS<br />

Digoxin 0.125mg everyday 0.25mg S<br />

Amphojel 30ml QID 15ml NS<br />

Dilantin 125 SUSP 12ml 2ml S<br />

Wrong Route <strong>of</strong> Administration Examples:<br />

Drug Order Administered Significance<br />

Cortisporin Ear Drops 4 to 5 left ear QID Left Eye S<br />

Wrong Dosage Form Examples:<br />

Drug Order Administered Significance<br />

Colace Liquid 100mg BID Capsule NS<br />

Mellaril Tab 10mg Liquid<br />

NS*<br />

Dilantin Kapseals 100 mg three Kapseals<br />

p.o. HS<br />

Concentrate<br />

Prompt Phenytoin<br />

100 mg three<br />

capsules p.o. HS<br />

* If correct dose was given.<br />

** Parke Davis Kapseals have an extended rate <strong>of</strong> absorption. Prompt phenytoin<br />

capsules do not.<br />

Wrong Drug Examples:<br />

Drug Order Administered Significance<br />

Tums Oscal NS<br />

Vibramycin Vancomycin S<br />

Wrong Time Examples:<br />

Drug Order Administered Significance<br />

Digoxin 0.25mg daily at 8 a.m. At 9:30 am NS<br />

Percocet 2 Tabs 20 min. before painful 2 Tabs given 3 after S<br />

treatment<br />

treatment<br />

S

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