Question

a pharmacy technician is explaining why early gravity fill methods of total parenteral nutrition compounding had high risk for error and contamination. which of the following information should the technician include? all additives were kept in premeasured containers. all additives were added to the bag by hand. all additives were added to the bag at once. all additives were added to the bag by different operators.

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Premeasured containers would reduce error, not increase it, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: In early gravity fill methods, adding additives by hand increases the risk of error (e.g., miscalculating amounts, contamination from manual handling) and contamination, which aligns with the high - risk nature of these methods.
• Option 3: Adding all additives at once doesn't inherently explain the high risk of error and contamination related to gravity fill methods as well as manual addition.
• Option 4: Having different operators doesn't directly relate to the gravity fill method's inherent risks of error and contamination as much as manual addition does.

Answer:

B. All additives were added to the bag by hand.