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Chapter 17
Key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compliance error | An error occurring when patients do not follow their dosing regiment |
| Deteriorated drug error | Use of an expired medication or one whos properties have been compromised |
| Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) | A process that evaluates where errors might occur and estimates their potential impact |
| High alert medication | Medications that have a high risk of causing patient harm when used in error |
| Improper dose error | A dose the is greater than or less than that ordered by the prescriber |
| medication error | Any error occurring in the medication process |
| Medication misadventure | A general term describing drug related-incidents |
| Monitoring error | Failure to review a medication order or associated clinical laboratory values |
| Omission error | A scheduled dose that is omitted entirely |
| Prescribing error | Error occurring during the prescribing process |
| Root cause analysis (RCA) | A process for retrospectively analyzing an error |
| Unauthorized drug error | An error occurring when a drug given to or taken by a patient was not ordered by an authorized prescriber |
| Wrong administration technique error | An error occurring when a drug given to or taken by the wrong route or the use of an improper procedure |
| Wrong dosage for error | Use of the incorrect medication dosage form |
| Wrong time error | Administration of a medication dose outside of an established scheduled time |
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