Table 1 Distribution of prescription errors according to the different hospital’s units^a (n = 2564)

Medical wards

1,554

60.6

Hemodialysis Unit

45

1.8

Hospital Isolation Rooms

90

3.5

Academic Staff

26

1.0

Business Center

57

2.2

Cardiac Medical Ward

38

1.5

Emergency Department

205

8.0

Internal Medicine Ward

594

23.2

Nursery Unit

8

0.3

Obstetrics and Gynecology

132

5.1

Oncology

44

1.7

Pediatric

290

11.3

Psychiatric Ward

25

1.0

Intensive Care Unit

614

23.9

Surgical Unit

390

15.2

Radiology Department

6

0.2