Categorizing Medical Errors

Error Reporting and Disclosure - Patient …

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Defining and classifying medical error: lessons for patient …

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Examples are presented which show that: (1) the definition of an event could lead to under-reporting; (2) the classification of a medication error into alternative categories …

Classifying and identifying errors | BMJ Quality & Safety

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Classifications can help us to make sense of the world and, in the field of medical errors, they can help us to assess what are the most important problems. There …

Types of Medication Errors | NCC MERP

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The Council realized the need for a standardized categorization of errors. On July 16, 1996, the NCC MERP adopted a Medication Error Index that classifies an error according to …

Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet

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Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification

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Error that could have caused temporary harm: Blood pressure medication was inadvertently omitted ...

Categorizing and understanding medication errors in …

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Objective: This study, therefore, aims to identify and categorize the human factors of MEs in hospital pharmacy using the Human Factors Framework (HFF). Method: A qualitative …

Medication errors: Causes, Types and Prevention

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Medication errors are any preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. This is the definition by the national …

Categorizing and understanding medication errors in …

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Medication errors (MEs) in hospital settings are attributed to various factors including the human factors. Human factors researches are aiming to implement the …

Categorizing Medication Errors Index in Color | NCC MERP

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The National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN encourages the sharing and reporting of medication …