Medication error
Medication Error
A Medication Error (pronunciation: /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən ˈɛrər/) is a preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, healthcare products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing, order communication, product labeling, packaging, and nomenclature, compounding, dispensing, distribution, administration, education, monitoring, and use.
Etymology
The term "Medication Error" is derived from the Latin word "medicatio" meaning "healing" and the Middle English word "errour" meaning "wandering, straying".
Related Terms
- Adverse Drug Event: An injury resulting from medical intervention related to a drug.
- Drug Interaction: A situation in which a substance affects the activity of a drug when both are administered together.
- Prescription Drug: A pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
- Over-the-Counter Drug: Drugs that can be sold directly to people without a prescription.
- Pharmacovigilance: The science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Medication error
- Wikipedia's article - Medication error
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