Table 1.
Incidence rate, category of medication error, severity category and recognized reporter in each department
| Department | Incidence rate, % | Category of Medication error | Severity category | Recognized reporter IDc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error category | N | (%) | ||||
| Pharmacy | 0.84 | Transcribing | 18 | (13.6) | Ba | Pharmacists(2012, 2011, 2010) |
| Pre-dispensing | 20 | (15.1) | B | |||
| Dispensing | 7 | (5.30) | B | |||
| Specialty medical ward | 1.51 | Prescribing | 3 | (2.27) | B | Pharmacists(2012, 2011) |
| Pre-transcribing | 12 | (9.1) | B | |||
| Pre-administration | 1 | (0.08) | B | |||
| Ordinary female ward | 1.66 | Prescribing | 9 | (0.68) | B | Pharmacists(2012, 2010) |
| Pre-transcribing | 22 | (16.7) | B | |||
| Pre-administration | 1 | (0.08) | B | |||
| Ordinary male ward | 1.84 | Prescribing | 14 | (10.6) | B | Pharmacists(2012, 2011, 2010) |
| Pre-transcribing | 19 | (14.4) | B | |||
| Pre-administration | 2 | (1.52) | B | |||
| ICU | 0.98 | Prescribing error | 2 | (1.52) | B | Pharmacists(2012, 2011, 2009) |
| Pre-transcribing | 1 | (0.08) | B | |||
| Administration | 1 | (0.08) | Db | |||
| Totals | 2.5 | All errors | 132 | (100) | ||
aCategory B: An error occurred but the error did not reach the patient; bCategory D: An error occurred that reached the patient and required monitoring to confirm that it caused no harm to the patient and/or required intervention to prevent harm; cRecognized reporter is the person who reported the medical error, but not necessarily being the first to detect it