Exam 4: Medication Administration

Which of the following steps does not apply once a medication error has occurred?

The most common type of syringe used in surgery is the

Match the following terms with the correct definitions. -Turning a solid medication into a liquid by adding water or saline

What is the first action that should be taken by the scrubbed surgical technologist when withdrawing medication from an inverted vial held by the circulator?

All of the following are acceptable to store medication in on the sterile table,except

Match the following terms with the correct definitions. -Glass tube containing a medication

Which statement does not apply to the required steps for proper medication identification?

All of the following are basic parts of a syringe,except

A 30-gauge hypodermic needle is larger in diameter than an 18-gauge needle.

Which of the following hypodermic needles has the smaller lumen?

What is the length of a spinal needle?

Improper or inadequate labeling of medications may be considered which one of the following?

Who is responsible for passing a medication to the surgeon for administration during the surgical procedure?

All of the following must be read aloud when identifying a drug except

Medication labels must contain all of the following information except

Why should the scrubbed surgical technologist repeat the medication label information aloud?

Match the following terms with the correct definitions. -Transmission of microorganisms to a sterile field or item

Before medications are delivered into the sterile field,they must be identified by

Match the following terms with the correct definitions. -Liquid such as saline or water used to reduce the concentration of an agent

The five rights of medication administration include all of the following except