Admission | Intrahospital transition | Interhospital transition | Discharge | Total | |
Number of transition medication errors | |||||
Preimplementation | 946 487 | 50 285 | 21 647 | 807 694 | 1 826 113 |
10% fewer errors | 94 649 | 5029 | 2165 | 80 769 | 182 611 |
30% fewer errors | 283 946 | 15 086 | 6494 | 242 308 | 547 834 |
50% fewer errors | 473 243 | 25 143 | 10 824 | 403 847 | 913 057 |
Number of patients episodes with harm from a transition medication error | |||||
Preimplementation | 16 348 | 869 | 374 | 14 013 | 31 604 |
10% fewer errors | 1635 | 87 | 37 | 1401 | 3160 |
30% fewer errors | 4904 | 261 | 112 | 4204 | 9481 |
50% fewer errors | 8174 | 434 | 187 | 7007 | 15 802 |
Excess bed days due to transition medication errors | |||||
Preimplementation | 17 653 | 938 | 404 | 17 709 | 36 704 |
10% fewer errors | 1765 | 94 | 40 | 1771 | 3670 |
30% fewer errors | 5296 | 282 | 121 | 5313 | 11 011 |
50% fewer errors | 8826 | 469 | 202 | 8855 | 18 352 |
NHS cost of excess bed days due to transition medication errors | |||||
Preimplementation | £6 560 165 | £348 717 | £150 039 | £10 704 318 | £17 763 238 |
10% fewer errors | £656 016 | £34 872 | £15 004 | £1 049 196 | £1 755 088 |
30% fewer errors | £1 968 049 | £104 615 | £45 012 | £3 147 589 | £5 265 265 |
50% fewer errors | £3 280 082 | £174 358 | £75 019 | £5 245 981 | £8 775 442 |
Deaths due to transition medication errors | |||||
Preimplementation | 30 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 45 |
10% fewer errors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
30% fewer errors | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
50% fewer errors | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
NHS, National Health Service.