STOCKART Medication Errors
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To Save a Life? To Risk a Life?Medication Management Processes Medication Management Processes are divided into two processes which are inventory management and clinical processes. Clinical Process Physician Pharmacist Preparation Reconciliation Dispensing Administration Monitoring/ Order Verification Tracking Where do Medication Errors Occur? There is a possibility for error in each stage of the medication management process. In each stage the frequency of medication errors were- Ordering: 167/433 (39%), Transcription: 310/558 (56%), Dispensing: 22/538 (4%), Administration: 166/412 (41%), and finally discharge summaries: 401/526 (76%). The most common types of error throughout the medication process were: lack of drug form, unordered drug, omission of drug/dose, and lack of identity control. (Lisby, Nielse &, Mainz, 2005) Ordering Transcription Dispensing Administration Discharge Summaries

MEDICATION ERRORS What is the Relation between Medication Errors and ADEs? Preventable ADEs Being able to explain the relation between medication errors and ADEs is important to prevent from the effects of these. All potential ADEs are in the scope of medication errors. Preventable and ameliorable ADEs are also in the scope of medication errors. Only adverse drug reactions or in other words non-preventable reactions due to side effects or allergic reactions are not in the scope of medication errors. (Morimoto, Gandhi & Seger, 2004) Medication Errors Adverse Drug Reactions Potential ADEs All...