Type of intravenous-related error | Number of errors (%) | Number of errors rated as serious (% of intravenous error type) |
Wrong rate | 266 (73.3) | 95 (35.7) |
Wrong volume | 121 (33.3) | 21 (17.4) |
Wrong mix | 21 (5.8) | 5 (23.8) |
Drug incompatibility | 3 (0.8) | 1 (33.3) |
Total intravenous administrations with at least one clinical error | 363* | 99* (27.3) |
↵* Sums exceed totals because of multiple errors within the same intravenous administration.