Number of medication safety related terms and corresponding definitions
| Term | No of definitions (total) |
|---|---|
| Adverse drug event | 10 |
| Adverse drug reaction | 11 |
| Adverse effect | 1 |
| Adverse event | 21 |
| Adverse incident | 2 |
| Adverse medication event | 1 |
| Adverse reaction | 3 |
| Critical event | 1 |
| Critical incident | 1 |
| Error | 13 |
| Incident | 8 |
| Medical error | 3 |
| Medication error | 7 |
| Medication incident | 1 |
| Near miss | 8 |
| Potential adverse drug event | 4 |
| Potential adverse event | 1 |
| Potential error | 3 |
| Preventable adverse drug event | 2 |
| Preventable adverse event | 2 |
| Sentinel event | 5 |
| Serious adverse event | 2 |
| Side effect | 6 |
| Significant adverse event | 1 |
| Unpreventable adverse event | 2 |
| Total number of terms = 25 | 119 |