Question

a pediatric patient received the wrong dose of a weight - based medication because the physician ordered the wrong dose despite an accurate weight in the patients chart. which of the following steps should a pharmacy technician take to prevent this error? check the dose against weight - based dosage ranges. check for drug compatibilities. use a unit dose product. do not store sound - alike medications near each other.

Explanation:

The error was due to an incorrect weight - based dose. Checking the dose against weight - based dosage ranges would catch such errors. Checking for drug compatibilities is related to interactions between drugs, using a unit - dose product is about packaging, and separating sound - alike medications is about preventing mix - ups of similar - sounding drugs. None of these other options address the weight - based dosage error.

Answer:

Check the dose against weight - based dosage ranges.