HEalthcare workers are most likely to maker errors when:
Inexperienced Inattentive Rushed Distracted Tired Depressed Orthopaedic surgeons Paediatrics Work in intensive care units With elderly people
Types of error:
Medication omitted
Incomplete prescription
Incorrect dose: sub or supra - therapeutic
Incorrect frequency: incorrect total daily dose
‘What is decanting?
Moving patients from one ward to another
Never give intramuscular drugs to patients who are on:
Anti coagulation drugs