Group and related terms | Total no of definitions | No of different definitions | No of different functional meanings* | |
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*From scenario assignments; see table 3 for scenario assignments for “near miss” and related terms. | ||||
Adverse event | 32 | 8 | 3 | |
“Adverse event” | 21 | |||
“Adverse drug event” | 10 | |||
“Adverse medication event” | 1 | |||
Error | 23 | 9 | 2 | |
“Error” | 13 | |||
“Medical error” | 3 | |||
“Medication error” | 7 | |||
Near miss | 16 | 12 | 3 | |
“Near miss” | 8 | |||
“Potential adverse event” | 1 | |||
“Potential adverse drug event” | 4 | |||
“Potential error” | 3 | |||
Adverse reaction | 14 | 8 | 2 | |
“Adverse reaction” | 3 | |||
“Adverse drug reaction” | 11 | |||
Incident | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
“Incident” | 8 | |||
“Medication incident” | 1 |