prescription errors
Wrong medication dispensed
Prescription errors are mistakes in the prescribing, dispensing, or administering of medications.
These include wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong patient, dangerous drug interactions, or illegible instructions.
The term covers errors by physicians writing prescriptions, pharmacists filling them, and nurses or patients administering them: The hospital implemented new protocols to reduce prescription errors.
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- wrong dosageIncorrect amount of medication
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
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- Medical Harmswrong medication, misdiagnosis, malpractice, adverse reaction, adverse effects
- drug lawsuitsdrug warnings, drug recalls, adverse effects, side effects, adverse reactions
- PrescriptionsRx, medication, pills, refill, refills
prescription errorsmedication safety
Avoiding harm from pharmaceuticals
patient safety · error prevention · harm prevention · drug safety · quality assurance
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