Table 4. Subtypes of medication errors.

MEs: Medication errors; HCP: Healthcare professional.

A: Types of Prescribing Error (n = 208)			Type of HCP Involved in Prescribing Error, n (%)
Sl. No.	Subtype	MEs, n (%)	Doctor	Postgraduate student	Intern	Pharmacist	Nurse
1	Illegible prescription	85 (40.87)	16 (18.82)	32 (27.64)	37 (43.52)	0	0
2	Incomplete prescription	57 (27.4)	12 (21.05)	24 (42.1)	21 (36.84)	0	0
3	Wrong dose of the medication	33 (15.86)	7 (21.21)	11 (33.33)	15 (45.45)	0	0
4	Error prone abbreviation	22 (10.57)	5 (22.72)	7 (31.81)	10 (45.45)	0	0
5	Wrong dosage form of the medication	11 (5.28)	0	5 (45.45)	6 (54.54)	0	0
B: Types of Documentation Error (n = 156)			Type of HCP Involved in Documentation Error n (%)
Sl. No.	Subtype	MEs, n (%)	Doctor	Postgraduate student	Intern	Pharmacist	Nurse
1	Wrong documentation of name of the medication	45 (28.84)	10 (22.22)	28 (62.22)	7 (15.55)	0	0
2	No signature in treatment chart after administration of the medication	42 (26.92)	0	0	0	0	42 (100)
3	Wrong documentation of dose of the medication	30 (19.23)	2 (6.66)	13 (43.33)	15 (50)	0	0
4	Name of the medication was not mentioned in the treatment chart	21 (13.46)	0	12 (57.14)	9 (42.85)	0	0
5	Transcription	18 (11.53)	0	10	8	0	0
C: Types of Administration Error (n = 109)			Type of HCP Involved in Administration Error, n (%)
Sl. No.	Subtype	MEs, n (%)	Doctor	Postgraduate student	Intern	Pharmacist	Nurse
1	Omission	41 (37.61)	0	0	0	0	41 (100)
2	Extended use of medication	29 (26.6)	0	0	0	0	29 (100)
3	Wrong frequency of medication	18 (16.51)	0	0	0	0	18 (100)
4	Wrong dose of medication	15 (13.76)	0	0	0	0	15 (100)
5	Wrong medication	6 (5.5)	0	0	0	0	6 (100)
D: Types of Dispensing Error (n = 84)			Type of HCP Involved in Dispensing Error, n (%)
Sl. No.	Subtype	MEs, n (%)	Doctor	Postgraduate student	Intern	Pharmacist	Nurse
1	Wrong medication dispensed	32 (38.09)	0	0	0	32 (100)	0
2	Wrong dosage form of medication dispensed	28 (33.33)	0	0	0	28 (100)	0
3	Wrong dose of medication dispensed	24 (28.57)	0	0	0	24 (100)	0