Ordering medications | 28 |
Dose prescribed is wrong | 13 |
Drug prescribed is wrong | 5 |
Failure to order needed medication | 4 |
Wrong patient name on prescription | 4 |
Contraindicated medication prescribed | 2 |
Prescription telephoned to wrong pharmacy | <1 |
Implementing orders | 24 |
Drug label is incorrect | 8 |
Dose dispensed is incorrect | 7 |
Drug dispensed is incorrect | 5 |
Medication is not dispensed | 3 |
Failure to continue long-term medication | 1 |
Receiving medications | 20 |
Patient failed to take medication correctly | 18 |
Patient continued medication after stop order | 1.5 |
Different clinicians mixed up medications | <1 |
Sample or OTC medication incorrectly supplied | <1 |
Documenting | 24 |
Medical record not up to date | 23 |
Home medication list not up to date | 1 |
Monitoring | 4 |
Total | 100 |