MEDICATON : A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury.A medication is a substance that does one of the following things : 1.Medications are used to care disease or condition.2.Medication are given to treat a medical condition. A medication (a medicinal product) is ‘a product that contains a compound with proven biological effects, plus excipients or excipients only; it may also contain contaminants; the active compound is usually a drug or prodrug, but may be a cellular element’.
ERROR : An error is ‘something incorrectly done through ignorance or inadvertence; a mistake, e.g. in calculation, judgement, speech, writing, action’ or ‘a failure to complete a planned action as intended, or the use of an incorrect plan of action …show more content…
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. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including: prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use”.
Medication errors, defined as any error in the prescribing, dispensing or administration of a drug whether there are adverse consequences or not, are the single most preventable cause of patient injury
Medication errors
There are different classification for medication errors, here I provide the common classification scheme based on the nature of the error
Prescribing Error
Incorrect drug product selection (based on indications, contraindications, known allergies, existing drug therapy, and other factors), dose, dosage form, quantity, route of administration, concentration, rate of administration, or instructions for use of a drug product ordered or authorized by physician (or other legitimate prescriber); illegible prescriptions or medication orders that lead to errors
Dispensing Errors
Dispensing errors are errors that occur at any stage during the dispensing process from the receipt of a prescription in the pharmacy through to the supply of a dispensed product to the …show more content…
one or more dosage units in addition to those that were ordered.
Dosage form error
Dispensing or administration to the patient of a drug product in a different dosage form than that ordered by the prescriber. Drug preparation error Drug product incorrectly formulated or manipulated before dispensing or administration.
Route of administration error
Wrong route of administration of the correct drug.
Administration technique error
Inappropriate procedure or improper technique in the administration of a drug other than wrong route.
Deteriorated drug error
Dispensing or administration of a drug that has expired or for which the physical or chemical dosage-form integrity has been compromised
Monitoring error
Failure to review a prescribed regimen for appropriateness and detection of problems, or failure to use appropriate clinical or laboratory data for adequate assessment of patient response to prescribed therapy.
Compliance error
Inappropriate patient behavior regarding adherence to a prescribed medication
ERROR : An error is ‘something incorrectly done through ignorance or inadvertence; a mistake, e.g. in calculation, judgement, speech, writing, action’ or ‘a failure to complete a planned action as intended, or the use of an incorrect plan of action …show more content…
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. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including: prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use”.
Medication errors, defined as any error in the prescribing, dispensing or administration of a drug whether there are adverse consequences or not, are the single most preventable cause of patient injury
Medication errors
There are different classification for medication errors, here I provide the common classification scheme based on the nature of the error
Prescribing Error
Incorrect drug product selection (based on indications, contraindications, known allergies, existing drug therapy, and other factors), dose, dosage form, quantity, route of administration, concentration, rate of administration, or instructions for use of a drug product ordered or authorized by physician (or other legitimate prescriber); illegible prescriptions or medication orders that lead to errors
Dispensing Errors
Dispensing errors are errors that occur at any stage during the dispensing process from the receipt of a prescription in the pharmacy through to the supply of a dispensed product to the …show more content…
one or more dosage units in addition to those that were ordered.
Dosage form error
Dispensing or administration to the patient of a drug product in a different dosage form than that ordered by the prescriber. Drug preparation error Drug product incorrectly formulated or manipulated before dispensing or administration.
Route of administration error
Wrong route of administration of the correct drug.
Administration technique error
Inappropriate procedure or improper technique in the administration of a drug other than wrong route.
Deteriorated drug error
Dispensing or administration of a drug that has expired or for which the physical or chemical dosage-form integrity has been compromised
Monitoring error
Failure to review a prescribed regimen for appropriateness and detection of problems, or failure to use appropriate clinical or laboratory data for adequate assessment of patient response to prescribed therapy.
Compliance error
Inappropriate patient behavior regarding adherence to a prescribed medication