- Prescription errors include wrong patient, wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong frequency, wrong route, transcription errors, inadequate review of ordered drug, and insufficient review of medication for appropriate prescription.
- Dispensing errors include improper preparation of medication, failure to properly formulate medications, dispensing expired medications, mislabeling containers, wrong patient, wrong dose, et cetera.
- Administration errors include wrong patient, wrong route, double-dosing error, failure to administer medications, wrong frequency, administering discontinued drugs, administering drug without an authorized order, and wrong dose.
- Documentation errors as the name implies include errors in transcription, inaccurate transcription to medication administration, charted but not administered, administered but not documented on the MAR, discontinued order not noted on the MAR, and medication wasted and not recorded.
