wrong dose
Incorrect medicine amount
A wrong dose is an incorrect amount of medication or substance—too much, too little, or given at the wrong time.
The phrase appears in medical contexts discussing medication errors: The patient received the wrong dose of insulin.
It can also describe recreational drug mishaps or accidental poisonings.
- underdoseInadequate medication quantity
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- drug interactionSubstances altering each other's effects
- errorFault in communication
- near missNarrowly averted incident
patient safety · prescription · pill bottle · milligrams · decimal point · pills · tablets · poisoning · toxic · lethal · miscalculation · human error · medical error · accidental · dangerous · harmful · too much · too little
- Medical Harmsmedication errors, surgical error, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, prescription error
- Coffee mistakesbitter coffee, burnt coffee, sour taste
- Drug Safetydrug safety, adverse reactions, side effects, drug interactions, drug recalls
- medical errorsmedication errors, surgical errors, surgical error, misdiagnosis, medication error
- medication errorsprescription error, underdose, calculation error, transcription error, mislabeling