medication errors
Wrong pill, wrong dose
Medication errors are mistakes in prescribing, dispensing, or administering drugs.
They include wrong dosages, incorrect medications, missed doses, and giving medicine to the wrong patient.
Healthcare systems track medication errors to improve patient safety: The hospital implemented new protocols after a rise in medication errors.
The term covers errors regardless of whether harm results.
- wrong doseIncorrect medication amount
- physiciansMedical doctors collectively
- double checkVerify a second time
- nursesMedical care professionals
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
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