Table 5.

 Medication errors* with reports of subsequent serious harm by respective class of drugs and type of error

Medication	Wrong time (n=386)	Missed medication (n=259)	Wrong dose (n=118)
Vasopressors and catecholamines	0	1†	0
Insulin	0	1†	0
Coagulation related	0	0	1‡
Electrolytes	0	1†	0
Antimicrobial	0	2†	2†
Sedation and analgesia	0	0	1†, 1‡
Others	2‡	1† 1‡	1‡

*In one patient, two different errors with subsequent impact of death were reported. In another patient, three different errors with subsequent impact of permanent harm were reported.

†Permanent harm.

‡Died.