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. 2011 Oct 4;4:32. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-4-32

Table 3.

Incidence of Medication Errors reported to prescriptions and admissions

Total N/100 orders N/100 admissions N/1000 patient-days
Orders 4942 NA* 7844 9709
Medication error 492 10 780 967
Adverse drug events 8 0.16 12.6 15.7
Potential adverse drug events 113 2.28 179.3 222

*NA indicates data not applicable