Medication Error Reporting Classification
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Drug Event AlgorithmRecommendations / StatementsFor Consumers Types of Medication Errors The Council realized the need for a standardized categorization of errors. On July 16, 1996, the NCC MERP adopted a Medication Error Index that classifies an ncc merp index for categorizing medication errors error according to the severity of the outcome. It is hoped that
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the index will help health care practitioners and institutions to track medication errors in a consistent, systematic manner. ncc merp taxonomy of medication errors The index considers factors such as whether the error reached the patient and, if the patient was harmed, and to what degree. The Council encourages the use of the medication error severity scale index in all health care delivery settings and by researchers and vendors of medication error tracking software. The ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program has implemented this index for use in its database. Medication Error Index NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication ErrorsColor / Black & White (Requires Acrobat Reader 4.0) NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors AlgorithmColor /
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Black & White (Requires Acrobat Reader 4.0) Reference: Hartwig, S.C., Denger, S.D., & Schneider, P.J. (1991) Severity-indexed, incident report-based medication error-reporting program. Am J Hosp Pharm, 48. 2611-2616 Adopted:July 16, 1996Revised:February 20, 2001 NAN Alert The National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN 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 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
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 ismp medication error categories the medication's purpose as a way to help prevent medication dispensing errors. medication error severity classification The document also addresses illegibility of prescriptions and medication orders and contains a list of dangerous abbreviations, developed
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in cooperation with ISMP, that 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 http://www.nccmerp.org/types-medication-errors of importance since the group is represented 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 https://www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/19960911.asp a focus for improvement efforts. The new index, based on 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 re
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