Question 63

Wrong dosage form

Selecting ibuprofen 400 mg tablets instead of the prescribed Motrin 100 mg/5 mL indicates a wrong dosage form error. The prescription explicitly calls for a liquid formulation, while the selected option is a solid tablet form.

A) Wrong drug

This option is incorrect because the active ingredient, ibuprofen, is the same in both the prescribed medication and the tablet selected. A wrong drug error would involve selecting a medication that contains a different active ingredient altogether.

B) Compliance

Compliance errors refer to issues related to whether the patient follows the prescribed regimen. This option does not apply here, as the question pertains to the selection of the wrong medication form rather than patient adherence to the treatment plan.

C) Wrong dosage form

This option correctly identifies the error made in choosing ibuprofen tablets instead of a liquid formulation. The prescription specifically requires a liquid dosage form (Motrin 100 mg/5 mL), indicating that a different form was not appropriate for the patient's needs.

D) Improper dose

An improper dose error would involve administering a quantity that is not aligned with the prescribed amount. In this case, the selected dosage form (tablets) does not match the liquid formulation specified, but the dose of ibuprofen in the tablets could technically be correct if converted to an equivalent amount, making this option incorrect in the context of dosage form.

Conclusion

The selection of ibuprofen tablets instead of the prescribed liquid formulation constitutes a wrong dosage form error, as the prescription requires a specific liquid medication. All other options fail to accurately represent the nature of the error, focusing instead on different aspects of medication errors that do not apply in this scenario. Thus, option C is definitively the correct choice.