Most commonly defined medication safety terms
| Group and related terms | Total no of definitions | No of different definitions | No of different functional meanings* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *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 | |||