Medication Errors, Inaccuracies, Oversight, Faults And Dosage Miscalculations | LASA DRUGS ( Look Alike, Sound Alike )
Medication error that was made but was caught before reaching the patient; such events have also been termed as a “ near miss ” medication error.
Factors contributing to medication errors:
Human related
System related
Medication related
Human related:
System related factors:
Lack of communication
Poor work flow
Disorganized workplace
Lack of supervision
Medication related errors:
Multiple dosage forms and strengths
THE 6 - R’s:
Right drug
Right route
Right time
Right dose
Right patient
Right dosage form
Other factors are:
Incorrect prescriptions
Illegible handwriting
Drug allergy not identified
Irrational combinations
( is this readable at all ? )
Dosage miscalculations
Dispensing incorrect dosage strength
Failure to council the patient
Miscalculation of a dose
LASA DRUGS
LOOK ALIKE, SOUND ALIKE
( one of the biggest reasons for medication errors )
Look alike, sound alike medication name examples:
Medication error is also tied to administration error.
Administration error includes wrong patients, wrong route, wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong method, wrong time.
Medication error is also tied to transcription error.
Several sheets of paper and stages from physicians’ order to drug delivery may cause confusion and add to the possibility of transcription errors.
Medication errors should be well avoided, its a good effort in making the things understandable and will help in reducing the same
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