A brief presentation on medication error, that presented by Peywend Ebdulla. University of sulaimani/ College of Nursing

1. Peywend Ebdulla
College of Nursing/University of Sulaimani

2. Overview
 Introduction
 Types of Medication Errors
 Prescribing Error
 Improper Dose Errors
 Wrong Administration Technique Errors
 Patient Distrust in the Medicine
 Approaches for Reducing Medication Errors
 Conclusion
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3. Introduction
 Medication error, is any error in the prescribing,
dispensing, or administration of a drug
 A medication error is any preventable event that may
cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or client
harm
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4. Types of Medication Errors
 Prescribing Error
 Improper Dose Errors
 Wrong Administration Technique Errors
 Patient Distrust in the Medicine
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5. Prescribing Error
 Incorrect drug selection
 Dose
 Quantity
 Concentration
 Illegible prescription
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6. How to Write Prescriptions?
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8. Prescribing Error
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- Captafer tab
- Omega D cal

9. Improper Dose Errors
 Dose that is greater or less than prescribed dose.
 Delay in documenting dose
 Absence of documentation
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10. Wrong Administration Technique
Errors
• Subcutaneous injection that is given too deep
• Instilling eye drops in wrong eye
• Administration of expired medicine
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11. Patient Distrust in the Medicine
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12. Approaches for Reducing
Medication Errors
 Electronic prescribing may help to reduce the risk of
prescribing errors
 Checking the patient's identity
 Check the expiry date of the drug before
administration
 Be alert to usually large dosage or excessive increase in
dosage ordered
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14. Conclusion
 Medication error, is any error in the prescribing,
dispensing, or administration of a drug
 Medication Errors have various types such as
Prescribing error, Improper dose errors, Wrong
administration technique errors as well as Patient
Distrust in the Medicine
 There are several Approaches for Reducing
Medication Errors
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15. References
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16255331
 https://www.marthastewart.com/267579/doctorpatient-
understanding-your-prescri
 https://www.slideshare.net/maryline1979/medication-error-
25474916
 https://slideplayer.com/slide/10266830/
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