Medication Error Categorization
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Drug Event AlgorithmRecommendations / StatementsFor Consumers Categorizing Medication Errors Index medication error index categories in Color File: indexColor2001-06-12.pdf indexColor2001-06-12.pdf NCC MERP
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Index for Categorizing Medication Errors - In Colors NAN Alert ncc merp medication error definition The National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN
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encourages the sharing and reporting of medication errors, so that lessons learned can be used to increase the safety of the medication use system. September 15, 2016 Observe for possible fluid leakage when preparing ncc merp taxonomy of medication errors parenteral syringes Subscribe Archive Popular links Definition Taxonomy Dangerous Abbreviations Upcoming Meetings There is no meeting avaiable. Previous Meetings Report Medication ErrorsISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP) Go U.S. Food and Drug Administration's MedWatch Reporting Program © 2016 National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. All Rights Reserved. *Permission is hereby granted to reproduce information contained herein provided that such reproduction shall not modify the text and shall include the copyright notice appearing on the pages from which it was copied. This copyright statement will change to the new year after the 1st of every year.
for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) has released a document recommending steps needed to correct error-prone aspects of prescription writing. It includes a recommendation that prescription communications include the medication's purpose
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as a way to help prevent medication dispensing errors. The document also addresses
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illegibility of prescriptions and medication orders and contains a list of dangerous abbreviations, developed in cooperation with ISMP, that types of medication errors in hospitals should never be used in prescription writing. While the ideas will be familiar to many health care practitioners, the NCCMERP action adds a new level of importance since the group is represented http://www.nccmerp.org/categorizing-medication-errors-index-color by major professional organizations and regulatory authorities such as USP, FDA, AMA, APhA, ANA, AHA, PhRMA, JC and NABP. In a second action, NCCMERP also began promoting a new medication error categorization index. The index was designed to help health care professionals track medication errors consistently and systematically by establishing severity levels to provide a focus for improvement efforts. The new index, based on https://www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/19960911.asp one designed by Hartwig et al (Hartwig SC et al. A severity-indexed, incident-report based medication-error reporting program. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1991;48:2611-6) appears below. Medication Error Index for Categorizing Errors TYPE OF ERROR/ CATEGORY RESULT NO ERROR Category A Circumstances or events that have the capacity to cause error ERROR, NO HARM Category B An error occurred but the medication did not reach the patient Category C An error occurred that reached the patient but did not cause patient harm Category D An error occurred that resulted in the need for increased patient monitoring but no patient harm ERROR, HARM Category E An error occurred that resulted in the need for treatment or intervention and caused temporary patient harm Category F An error occurred that resulted in initial or prolonged hospitalization and caused temporary patient harm Category G An error occurred that resulted in permanent patient harm Category H An error occurred that resulted in a near-death event (e.g., anaphylaxis, cardiac arrest) ERROR, DEATH Category I An error occurred that resulted in patient death Resources Acute Care Main Page Current Issue Past Issues Highlighted articles Action Agendas - Free CEs
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