TABLE 3.

Example scenarios with risk category and consensus scores

Scenario category	Scenario description	Median risk score	Risk category	Percentage consensus with median
Drug–allergy	Any medication prescribed for a patient with a documented allergy to the medication (risk of severe adverse drug reaction)	16.0	Extreme	90
Drug–drug interaction	Potassium‐sparing diuretic (excluding aldosterone antagonists) prescribed concomitantly with angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor antagonist (increased risk of severe hyperkalaemia)	12.0	High	100
Drug–age contraindication	Tetracycline prescribed to a child under 12 years (may result in deposition in growing bone and teeth causing staining/dental hypoplasia)	6.0	Low/moderate	88