Table 3.
Types and rates of medication errors as % of total errors
| Type of error in % 2018 (n= 74), 2020 (n= 3) | NURSING ward | CHRONIC ward | INTERNAL MEDICINE ward (active) | Aggregated all errors in %- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | 2018 | 2020 | 2018 | 2020 | 2018 | 2020 | 2018 | 2020 |
| Missed medicine | 18.9 | 33.3 | 25.7 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 44.6 | 66.6 |
| Non-prescribed medicine | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 |
| Outside ATC group (V) substitution | 6.7 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 |
| Within ATC group (VII) substitution | 13.5 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 |
| Different time of day | 1.4 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Different dose | 0 | 33.3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 33.3 |