Medication errors can occur at any step — when a drug is prescribed, dispensed by a pharmacy or administered in a hospital. The consequences range from minor reactions to organ damage and death.
Common Medication Errors
- Prescribing the wrong drug or the wrong dose
- Failing to check for allergies or dangerous interactions
- Pharmacy dispensing errors and mislabeled prescriptions
- Hospital administration errors, including wrong-patient and timing errors
- Inadequate monitoring of high-risk medications
Who May Be Responsible
Prescribing physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacies may each bear responsibility depending on where the error occurred.
How We Can Help
We trace the medication through prescribing, dispensing and administration records to identify where the error happened and who is accountable.