[Solved]: Josie works as a pharmacy technician in a busy…

Josie works as a pharmacy technician in a busy hospital pharmacy. The role involves preparing and dispensing medications for patients, as well as ensuring accuracy and safety in medication administration. Josie notices a discrepancy in medication orders for a patient scheduled for surgery. Josie believes that the prescription dose was written for twice the amount of medication that is safe. Josie is concerned about the potential for a medication error and the patient’s safety. Josie contacts the prescribing provider and receives the correct medication dose for the prescription. Josie also finds out that there is an issue with the communication system that sends the prescriptions from the electronic health record (EHR) to the pharmacy. Josie wants to take proactive measures to address the issue in a timely manner and improve the communication system to ensure prescriptions are transmitted correctly. How does Josie’s identification of the medication discrepancy contribute to the patient’s safety? a. Josie streamlined communication between the hospital and pharmacy. b. Josie verified the medication dose before dispensing the medication as written. c. Josie ensured the patient received the correct medication dose. d. Josie expedited the patient’s surgery.