Describing and Quantifying Wrong-Patient Medication Errors Through a Study of Incident Reports.

Megumi Takahashi Hiroshi Okudera Masahiro Wakasugi Mie SakamotoHiromi ShimizuTokie WakabayashiTsuneaki YamanouchiHisashi Nagashima

Published in: Drug, healthcare and patient safety (2022)

Based on our study, we propose a new definition of wrong-patient medication errors: they consisted of choosing a wrong target and insufficient confirmation. We will investigate other types of wrong-patient errors to apply this definition.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
case report
patient safety
cardiovascular disease
emergency department
type diabetes
electronic health record