Table 1 Type of medication errors
Type of medication error | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
giving medicine at the wrong time | 20 | 5.6 |
giving the wrong drug to the patient | 33 | 9.3 |
using the wrong form of the drug | 14 | 3.9 |
failure to consider drug interactions | 61 | 17.1 |
wrong dose | 25 | 7.0 |
giving non-prescription medicine | 170 | 47.8 |
not giving the prescribed drug (omission) | 33 | 9.3 |
Total | 356 | 100 |