Table 2.

Frequency, type and potential harm rating of errors.

Type of error	# of errors	Frequency per medication observations(n = 181)*	NCC MERP severity rating
			C	B	A
Label not completed according to policy	171	94.5	171
Tubing not tagged according to policy	81	44.8	81		13
Unauthorized medication	61	33.7	35		26
Clamp closed	2	1.1	2
Incorrect meds programmed in incorrect channel /pump	1	0.6	1
Rate deviation	1	0.6	1
Incorrect info on label	1	0.6	1
Incorrect medication	0	0
Delay of rate or medication change Total	0	0
Patient identification error	0	0
Total	318

^*Percentages in this column do not add to 100 because some medications had multiple errors.