Table 2.
Medication errors identified using interviews and record review.
| Type of medication error | Was error identified using this method? | |
|---|---|---|
| Record review | Interview | |
| eP interface | yes | yes |
| Prescribing | ||
| Clinical need | yes | yes |
| Patient record selection | no | yes |
| Drug choice | yes | yes |
| Menu picking | no | yes |
| Dose, form and dosing frequency | yes | yes |
| Drug/dose duplication | yes | yes |
| Supplying | yes | yes |
| Administering | ||
| Dose omission (regular medication) | yes | yes |
| Dose omission (once only or if required) | no | yes |
| Recording of administered dose | yes | yes |
| Monitoring | yes | yes |