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Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications

Medication errors (MEs) are preventable mistakes that occur when there is a failure in the treatment process of any disease that can cause potential harm to patients. Having an effect on patients, health outcomes and costs incurred, it does burden our economically-d...

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Main Authors: Praneetha Palasuberniam, Chin Suliong, Viknesvaran Thangiah, Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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R Medicine (General)
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23885/1/Medication%20Errors%20A%20Review%20of%20Classifications.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.238852019-10-29T23:42:22Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23885/ Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications Praneetha Palasuberniam Chin Suliong Viknesvaran Thangiah Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa R Medicine (General) RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Medication errors (MEs) are preventable mistakes that occur when there is a failure in the treatment process of any disease that can cause potential harm to patients. Having an effect on patients, health outcomes and costs incurred, it does burden our economically-developing country. Database systems have been created worldwide for the reporting of MEs, but varying countries practise different classifications of MEs hence it poses a challenge to categorize them. This makes it next to impossible to fully curb this continual problem. There are a number of classifications of MEs, based on mistakes and errors based on skills, based on the mistakes itself, based on symptoms and based on the stages of drug delivery system. This review summarizes the pre-existing classifications of MEs. 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23885/1/Medication%20Errors%20A%20Review%20of%20Classifications.pdf Praneetha Palasuberniam and Chin Suliong and Viknesvaran Thangiah and Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa (2018) Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 12 (3). pp. 11-18.
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topic R Medicine (General)
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Praneetha Palasuberniam
Chin Suliong
Viknesvaran Thangiah
Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa
Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
description Medication errors (MEs) are preventable mistakes that occur when there is a failure in the treatment process of any disease that can cause potential harm to patients. Having an effect on patients, health outcomes and costs incurred, it does burden our economically-developing country. Database systems have been created worldwide for the reporting of MEs, but varying countries practise different classifications of MEs hence it poses a challenge to categorize them. This makes it next to impossible to fully curb this continual problem. There are a number of classifications of MEs, based on mistakes and errors based on skills, based on the mistakes itself, based on symptoms and based on the stages of drug delivery system. This review summarizes the pre-existing classifications of MEs.
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author Praneetha Palasuberniam
Chin Suliong
Viknesvaran Thangiah
Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa
author_facet Praneetha Palasuberniam
Chin Suliong
Viknesvaran Thangiah
Urban John Arnold D'Souzaa
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title Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
title_short Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
title_full Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
title_fullStr Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
title_full_unstemmed Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications
title_sort medication errors: a review of classifications
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23885/1/Medication%20Errors%20A%20Review%20of%20Classifications.pdf
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