Medication Errors | Report

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MEDICATION ERRORS
JANUARY 15, 2020

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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................... 2
Opinion and beliefs about Medication error.....................................................................3
Appropriate framework............................................................................................. 4
Barriers................................................................................................................. 5
Resolution strategies................................................................................................. 7
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 9
References.............................................................................................................. 10

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Medication error
Introduction
A medication error is a failure in the treatment process of a health issue that results in
or has the potential to cause harm to the diseased person. Medication errors can happen when
deciding which drug and dosage regimen to provide (irrational, improper, and ineffective
drug prescription, under prescribing, and overprescribing) (World Health Organization,
2016). A medication error can also occur when writing a prescription, for example,
prescription error counting illegibility. Manufacturing the formulation to be applied may also
become the reason for medication error. It will include wrong strength, impurities or
adulterants, wrong or deceptive packaging. Another type of medication error that may occur
is dispensing the formulation which includes the wrong drug, incorrect formulation, and
incorrect labeling. Administration of medicines is also included in the medication error which
includes errors like wrong dose, incorrect route, incorrect frequency, and incorrect duration.
Choi et al (2016), reported that monitoring the therapy is also considered as a
medication error. A medication error is defined as any error in the process of prescribing,
dispensing, or administration of medicine regardless of whether the error results in adverse
effects or not, as the single most avoidable cause of patient maltreatment. There are two
different sides of medication error. It can be caused by a lack of awareness of the healthcare
professional and lack of information provided by the patient, for example, any previous
allergy, and having other health issues. Olaniyan, Ghaleb, Dhillon & Robinson (2015),

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revealed that a medication error is one of the common problems in nursing which needs to the
reduced to increase patient satisfaction. In this particular report different medication errors,
the barrier to the resolution of these errors, and strategies to address such issues will be
discussed.
Opinion and beliefs about Medication error
According to Parry, Barriball & While (2015), Medication errors can be life-
threatening for the patient and can harm the image of a healthcare setting. a medication error
is a global problem in the healthcare sector. Occurrence rates of medication errors differ
widely, the reason for which can be elucidated by the dissimilar study methods and
descriptions used. It has bene identified that around 7.5 per cent of the patient in the hospital
of Canada were seriously impaired by their care. Approximately 9,250 top 23,750 individuals
died in the Canadian hospital health care setting as the outcome of medical errors (ISMP
Canada, 2015). The frequency of medication errors differs between 2 and 14 per cent of
patients admitted to the hospital setting, with 1–2 per cent of patients in the United States
being impaired as a consequence, and the majority are as a result of poor prescribing. The
Medication error has been projected to kill 7,000 diseased people per annum and accountable
for closely 1 in 20 hospital admissions in the same country (Ferrah, Lovell & Ibrahim, 2017).
The prevalence is likely to be comparable in the Canada. Medication errors (7 percent of all
occurrences) was the 2nd most common occurrence reported (after a patient falls) in a new
National Audit Commission description on patient safety (Sutherland et al., 2020). It has been