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A medication incident is any event where the expected course of events in the support and/ or administration of medications is not followed. It can include the following: Medications given to the incorrect client. Incorrect medicine being given. Incorrect dose being given.

Drug incident: any event that may cause or lead to inappropriate drug use or patient harm. Adverse drug event: an unexpected and undesired incident that results in patient harm such as injury, adverse outcome or death.

It can include the following: Medications given to the incorrect client. Incorrect medicine being given. Incorrect dose being given. Incorrect time of medicine. Incorrect route of medicine. Spilt or dropped medicine. Out of date medicine. Missing medicine.

Drug error means an adverse drug event or a drug incident where the drug has been released to the patient. Patient information. Incident date & discovery date. Name of reporter & incident discoverer. Drug ordered. Incident description. Severity.

A Medication Error Report Form is a document used when reporting a medication error incident from health care settings like hospitals or clinics. This type of form helps to improve the way the medications are being administered and ensure the safety of the patient.

This form is for use within the pharmacy to record details of medication safety incidents that relate to errors in the pharmacy (i.e. not external errors such as prescribing errors).

This form is for use within the pharmacy to record details of medication safety incidents that relate to errors in the pharmacy (i.e. not external errors such as prescribing errors).

Any staff member who discovers a medication error, whether a physician, pharmacist or nurse, must immediately complete the Medication Error Report (Appendix I). The details include; patient name, hospital number, prescription details, details of errors and any incorrect medicine or dose administered to the patient.