Research Article
Medication Errors in a Swiss Cardiovascular Surgery Department: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on a Novel Medication Error Report Method
Table 2
Types, frequencies, and categories of medication errors.
| | Type of medication error | (%) | Category |
| | Wrong time | 139 (48.3) | C | | Wrong transcription | 38 (13.2) | B | | Incomplete prescription | 33 (11.5) | A | | Illegible prescription | 32 (11.0) | A | | Wrong dose | 20 (7.0) | C | | Wrong prescription | 19 (6.6) | A | | Wrong medication | 6 (2.1) | C | | Wrong route | 1 (0.4) | C | | Wrong patient | 0 (0) | C |
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A: ordering error; B: transcribing error; C: administration error.
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