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Type of medication errors
| Type of medication error | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| giving medicine at the wrong time | 20 | 5.6 |
| giving the wrong drug to the patient | 33 | 9.3 |
| using the wrong form of the drug | 14 | 3.9 |
| failure to consider drug interactions | 61 | 17.1 |
| wrong dose | 25 | 7.0 |
| giving non-prescription medicine | 170 | 47.8 |
| not giving the prescribed drug (omission) | 33 | 9.3 |
| Total | 356 | 100 |
