Medication Error

Medication error has been a real problem for the longest time now. Medication error kills many people every year. Even though medication error is one of the most common deaths, it can be prevented. Medication error is a huge and important case that can be prevented. It can be caused by my the patient itself or by the nurse and or doctor. It should be distinguished from prescription error. In other words medication error can be any type of incorrect or wrongful administration of a medication. In some cases medication error can be no so serious but there are many cases in which medication error can be fatal and even as bad as it being deadly. Unfortunately there has been more cases of medication error being deadly and fatal than there had been a case that could have been saved. It is really sad to think the people who have died from medication error could still be alive if they/ the nurses have doubled checked the instructions given. …show more content…
According to the NCC MERP website a 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 the health care professional, patient, or consumer. This has been a huge problem throughout history. According to the medicinenet website ,“approximately 1.3 million people are injured annually in the United States following so-called "medication errors"”. In the next paragraph I will be explaining more of the facts and the statistics of medication that has been gathered by trusted