Table 4.

Distribution of types of medication error according to their causes

Subtype	Administration error	Dispensing error	Indenting error	Prescription error	Transcription error
Error-prone abbreviation	0	0	0	3	0
Illegible prescription	0	0	0	30	0
Incomplete prescription	0	0	0	96	110
Omission	13	0	0	1	3
Therapeutic duplication	0	0	0	9	0
Wrong dilution	1	0	0	2	0
Wrong dosage form	0	0	0	3	5
Wrong dose	36	1	1	18	38
Wrong drug	7	0	5	1	20
Wrong duration	0	0	0	1	1
Wrong frequency	0	0	0	0	2
Wrong route	0	0	0	0	1
Wrong time	1	0	0	0	1
Total	58	1	6	164	181