Table 3.

Frequencies of medication errors during the pre-and post-ADC periods for ADC items

Type of medication error	Pre	Post	p-value
Prescription	2	1	0.620
Wrong dose	2	1
Dispensing	4	0	0.057
Unauthorized drug (Wrong drug)	2	0
Wrong dose	2	0
Preparation/Administrative	9	5	0.424
Unauthorized drug (Wrong patient, wrong drug)	1	2
Wrong dose	7	0
Wrong route	0	1
Wrong time	1	2
Total	15	6

ADC, automatic dispensing cabinet

Pre: pre-ADC period, Post: post-ADC period

Chi-squared test, *p < 0.05