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Table 3 Breakdown of errors by potential severity, preventability and actual clinical impact

From: Chemotherapy prescribing errors: an observational study on the role of information technology and computerized physician order entry systems

 

All errors n = 181

Potential severity, n (%)

 

Minor

130 (72)

Moderate

45 (25)

Major

4 (2)

Catastrophic

2 (1)

Potential preventability, n (%)

 

Definitely preventable

120 (66)

Probably preventable

60 (33)

Probably not preventable

1 (1)

Not preventable

0 (0)

Actual clinical impact, n (%)

 

Preventable ADEa

58 (32)

Near misses

123 (68)

  1. aADE: Adverse Drug Event.
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BMC Health Services Research

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