Type of error discovered | Type of provider making error (n (%)) | Total | ||||||
Pharmacist | Doctor | Other technician or service | Registered nurse | Student nurse, orientee, new staff member or agency nurse | Ward clerk | Unknown | ||
Medication errors | 13 | 22 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 163 (44.41) |
Wrong patient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Wrong drug | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
Wrong dosage | 6 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 74 |
Wrong route | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Wrong time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Omission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
Unable to categorise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Procedural errors | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 115 (31.34) |
Charting errors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 (2.72) |
Transcription error | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 55 (14.99) |
Unable to categorise | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 24 (6.54) |
Total | 26 (7.08) | 31 (8.45) | 8 (2.18) | 149 (40.6) | 20 (5.45) | 3 (0.082) | 130 (35.42) | 367 |