A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. Medication Error Incident Reporting System enables hospitals & health care organisations to manage medication error incident reports.

Medication Error Incident Reporting System

A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.

Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging, and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use."

Common causes of such errors include:

 poor communication,
 ambiguities in product names, directions for use, medical abbreviations or writing,
 poor procedures or techniques, or
 patient misuse because of poor understanding of the directions for use of the product.

Medication Error Incident Reporting System enables hospitals & health care organisations to manage medication error incident reports.

With Medication Error Incident Reporting System enables user to report

• Victim / Patient Details
• Drug Details including Drug Name, Dosage form, Strength, Manufacturer Details etc.
• Type of Medication Error:
• Medication Administration Errors : omission error, unauthorized drug error, extra dose error,    wrong    dose    error, wrong route error, wrong rate error, wrong dosage form error, wrong time, error, wrong administration technique Error, deteriorated drug error,
• Prescribing Error. 
• Dispensing Error. 
• Others
• Impact of Error and Consequences
• Intervention
• Diagnosis

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