Medication Errors

Reasons for Medication Errors

A medication error can be caused by a number of factors. The most common medication error occurs when a patient is issued a higher dosage than they should have.

Other reasons for pharmaceutical mistakes include:

• Sloppy writing: If your prescription is written so sloppily that it is confused with another medication, or if the name is similar to the name of another drug but is not 100% readable, this can lead to a medication error.
• Diagnostic errors: A late diagnosis or misdiagnosis will result in failure to use an indicated diagnostic test and misinterpretation of test results, which can lead to the wrong medication being prescribed. Such medical mistakes caused by your healthcare provider can greatly impact your standard of care.
• Misinterpretation of other medical orders: Failing to follow specific patient orders, such as giving you a medication that you are allergic to, can cause severe injury.
• Blood transfusion errors: If you are given a blood transfusion of the incorrect blood type, this can have fatal consequences.
• Equipment failure: Faulty intravenous pumps and defective drip bag clamps can increase the dosage of a certain medication and lead to serious injury.

Medication errors often have severe consequences and can result in catastrophic injury and wrongful death. You could end up with an illness that should have been prevented.

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