Question

a pharmacy technician is reviewing a prescription that does not specify the route of administration. the technician should recognize that this falls into which of the following categories of medication errors?
dispensing error
prescribing error
administration error
monitoring error

Explanation:

A prescribing error occurs when there is a problem with the initial prescription written by a healthcare provider. Since the route of administration is not specified on the prescription, it is an error made during the prescribing process. Dispensing errors involve issues when the pharmacy dispenses the medication, administration errors occur during the actual giving of the medication to the patient, and monitoring errors are related to not properly observing the patient's response to the medication.

Answer:

Prescribing error