.png){kind=icon}
Return
Medication errors: definitions and classification
.png){kind=icon}
OA
AI
DOI：10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03415.x.png)
.png){kind=icon}
.png){kind=icon}
Share.png){kind=icon}
Save
Abstract
En 中文
2. The four main approaches to defining technical terms consider etymology, usage, previous definitions, and the Ramsey-Lewis method (based on an understanding of theory and practice). 3. A medication error is 'a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient'. 4. Prescribing faults, a subset of medication errors, should be distinguished from prescription errors. A prescribing fault is 'a failure in the prescribing [decision-making] process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient'. The converse of this, 'balanced prescribing' is 'the use of a medicine that is appropriate to the patient's condition and, within the limits created by the uncertainty that attends therapeutic decisions, in a dosage regimen that optimizes the balance of benefit to harm'. This excludes all forms of prescribing faults, such as irrational, inappropriate, and ineffective prescribing, underprescribing and overprescribing. 5. A prescription error is 'a failure in the prescription writing process that results in a wrong instruction about one or more of the normal features of a prescription'. The 'normal features' include the identity of the recipient, the identity of the drug, the formulation, dose, route, timing, frequency, and duration of administration. 6. Medication errors can be classified, invoking psychological theory, as knowledge-based mistakes, rule-based mistakes, action-based slips, and memory-based lapses. This classification informs preventive strategies.
Keywords:
classification
definition
etymology
medication errors
usage
AI Summary
Key information extracted from the uploaded paper, including a brief overview, abstract, background, key highlights, visual analysis, and future outlook.
Journal
IF:
3
Papers:
8.6K
Citations:
1.8W
Organization
No organization information available
Cited Papers
Mean wall thickness and formation periods of trabecular bone packets in idiopathic osteoporosis
PREAI
ShareSaveShareSaveDefining 'Signal' and its Subtypes in Pharmacovigilance Based on a Systematic Review of Previous Definitions.png)
DRUG SAFETY
DRUG SAFETYIF3.8
PREAI
ShareSaveClarification of terminology in medication errors - Definitions and classificationDRUG SAFETY
DRUG SAFETYIF3.8
PREAI
ShareSaveShareSave
View more