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Abstract
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
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- Errors, Medication
- Error, Medication
- Medication Error
- Drug Use Error
- High-Alert Drug Error
- High-Alert Medication Error
- LASA Medication Errors
- Look-Alike Drug Name Errors
- Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Errors
- Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Substitution Errors
- Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication Errors
- Lookalike Drug Name Errors
- Lookalike Soundalike Drug Errors
- Lookalike Soundalike Drug Substitution Errors
- Lookalike Soundalike Medication Errors
- Drug Error, High-Alert
- Drug Use Errors
- Error, Drug Use
- Error, LASA Medication
- High Alert Drug Error
- High Alert Medication Error
- High-Alert Drug Errors
- High-Alert Medication Errors
- LASA Medication Error
- Look Alike Drug Name Errors
- Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Errors
- Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Substitution Errors
- Look Alike Sound Alike Medication Errors
- Medication Error, High-Alert
- Medication Error, LASA
- Medication Errors, High-Alert
- Medication Errors, LASA
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, nursing, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Medication Errors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008508
- Medication Errors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3057458