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Conditions / Copyright PSNet Privacy Policy External Link Disclaimer Patient Safety Primer Last Updated: March 2015 Medication Errors Topics Resource Type medication error rate benchmark Patient Safety Primers Safety Target Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs More Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Background and definitions Prescription medication use is widespread, complex, and increasingly risky. Clinicians have national medication error rate access to an armamentarium of more than 10,000 prescription medications, and nearly one-third of adults in the United States take 5 or more medications. Advances in clinical therapeutics have undoubtedly resulted in major improvements in health for patients with many diseases, but these benefits have also been accompanied by increased risks. An adverse drug event (ADE) is defined as harm experienced by a patient as a result of exposure
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to a medication, and ADEs account for nearly 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospitalizations each year. ADEs affect nearly 5% of hospitalized patients, making them one of the most common types of inpatient errors; ambulatory patients may experience ADEs at even higher rates. Transitions in care are also a well-documented source of preventable harm related to medications. As with the more general term adverse event, the occurrence of an ADE does not necessarily indicate an error or poor quality care. A medication error refers to an error (of commission or omission) at any step along the pathway that begins when a clinician prescribes a medication and ends when the patient actually receives the medication. Preventable adverse drug events result from a medication error that reaches the patient and causes any degree of harm. It is generally estimated that about half of ADEs are preventable. Medication errors that do not cause any harm—either because they are intercepted before reaching the patient, or by luck—are often called potential ADEs. An ameliorable ADE is one in which the patient experienced harm from a medication that, while not completely preventable, could have been mitigated. Finally, a certain percentage of patients will experience ADEs even when medications are prescribed and admi
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is the definition of a medication error? What are the “ten key elements” of the medication-use system? Won’t medication errors be prevented if nurses just follow the “Five Rights?” What are "high-alert" http://www.ismp.org/faq.asp medications? What abbreviations are dangerous? Are these evidence based? What drug names are frequently confused? How should tall man lettering be applied to differentiate look-alike/sound-alike drug names? What is confirmation bias? How do I do an independent double check? How can I measure culture? Should a healthcare practitioner be disciplined for being involved in an error? How can I assess risk? What is the difference medication error between high-leverage and low-leverage safety strategies? What is an FMEA, and how can I use it? How do I join ISMP? What ISMP resources are available for consumers? Why are standard concentrations safer than using the Rule of 6 for pediatric drips? What tools does ISMP have to satisfy regulatory or insurance network inclusion requirements for community pharmacies to demonstrate participation and knowledge in medication medication error rate safe practices? Is there a way to get involved with ISMP as a student? Does ISMP have a nationally registered student-organization? 1. What is the national medication error rate? What standards are available for benchmarking? A national or other regional medication error rate does not exist. It is not possible to establish a national medication error rate or set a benchmark for medication error rates. Each hospital or organization is different. The rates that are tracked are a measure of the number of reports at a given institution not the actual number of events or the quality of the care given. Most systems for measuring medication errors rely on voluntary reporting of errors and near-miss events. Studies have shown that even in good systems, voluntary reporting only captures the "tip of the iceberg." For this reason, counting reported errors yields limited information about how safe a medication-use process actually is. It is very possible that an institution with a good reporting system, and thus what appears to be a high error "rate," may have a safer system. For more detailed information see Medication Errors, a book available on our website, and the following articles.