Table A1.

List of medication errors required to be reported in Dar El Shefaa hospital

[O] Ordering and Prescribing	[D] Dispensing	[P] Preparation	[A] Administration	[M] Monitoring
1incomplete patient data (age- wt- height- diagnosis) 2illegible handwriting 3abbreviations 4duplication 5incomplete or wrong drug information (name - strength - dose - route - freq - days - date - sign - directions) 6drug Discontinuation error 7drug Modification error 8drug not written in right place 9med. Sheet not renewed 10med. Sheet not matched with dispensing order 11drugs with patient but not written in med. Sheet or drug history 12others	1wrong dispensing (patient - drug - dose-dosage form-quantity) 2drug not dispensed (forgotten - not available - incomplete order) 3dispensing of drug that is discontinued or exceeded days of therapy 4incomplete labeling 5poor packaging 6delayed dispensing 7unreturned drugs 8others	1wrong patient 2error in dilution and/or compatibility 3no Hypersensitivity test 4unlabeled drug 5delayed preparation 6drug not prepared 7drug prepared in wrong time 8non-adherence to inf. Control standards 9missed Pharmacist signature 10others	1wrong patient 2wrong time 3omitted administration 4no signature 5wrong or false signature 6non - adherence to directions of administration (hypersensitivity test - infusion rate- route) 7non - adherence to inf. control standards 8medication left beside patient 9others	1drug selection 2dose (overdose-sub theraputic-adjustment) 3drug interaction 4adverse drug reaction 5follow up of lab results or cultures 6other