Tiêu đề 31. MEDICATION ERRORS.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 1 DEFINITION: Medication error is any preventable event that may cause (or) lead to, inappropriate medication use (or) patient harm, while the medication is in the control of healthcare professionals, patients or consumers. TYPES OF MEDICATION ERRORS: Medication errors can be categorized into 11 types: 1) Prescribing error. 2) Omission error. 3) Improper dose error. 4) Unauthorized drug error. 5) Deteriorated drug error. 6) Wrong time error. 7) Wrong dosage form error. 8) Wrong drug preparation error. 9) Wrong administration technique error. 10) Monitoring error. 11) Compliance error. 1) PRESCRIBING ERROR:  A prescribing error occurs at the time, a prescriber orders a drug for a specific patient.  Error may include selection of an incorrect dose, dosage form, Route of administration, etc. 2) OMISSION ERROR:  Failure to administer, an ordered dose to the patient in a hospital, nursing home, before the next scheduled dose is considered as an omission error. 3) IMPROPER DOSE ERROR:  It occurs when a patient is given a dose that is greater (or) less than the prescriber dose. MEDICATION ERRORS