Patient Safety & Quality AssuranceQuestion 58 of 100
Technicians are taught to read each prescription three times during the fill process. At which three points should those readings occur?
a.When the stock bottle is taken off the shelf, when the drug is counted or measured, and when the bottle is returned to the shelf
b.At drop-off, at the register, and at pickup
c.Three times in succession immediately before counting the tablets
d.Once by the technician and twice by the pharmacist at final verification
Explanation
The three readings are spaced across the physical steps of the fill — selection, counting, and return to stock — so that a wrong-drug or wrong-strength selection is caught at a different moment each time. Reading three times in a row uses the same glance and the same assumption, so it catches almost nothing. Drop-off and pickup are separate service steps rather than fill checks, and the technique is a technician self-check, not a substitute for the pharmacist's verification.
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