Table 4. Classification of medication errors based on their clinical significance (n = 233) .

Clinical significance	Definition 9	No. of errors (%)
No error	Category A: circumstances for events that have the capacity to cause error	15 (6.5)
Error, No harm	Category B: An error occurred but the error did not reach the patient	34 (14.6)
	Category C: An error occurred that reached the patient but did not cause patient harm	138 (59.2)
	Category D: An error occurred that reached the patient and required monitoring to confirm that it resulted in no harm to the patient and/or required intervention to preclude harm	46 (19.7)
Error, Harm	Category E: An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in temporary harm to the patient and required intervention	0 (0)
	Category F: An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in temporary harm to the patient and required initial or prolonged hospitalization	0 (0)
	Category G: An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in permanent patient harm	0 (0)
	Category H: An error occurred that required intervention necessary to sustain life	0 (0)
Error, Death	An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in patient death	0