Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications

Authors

  • Praneetha Palasuberniam Department of Biomedical Sciences & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah
  • Suliong Chin Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah
  • Viknesvaran Thangiah Medisinar Klinik & Surgeri (Tuaran), Tuaran, Sabah
  • Urban John Arnold Dsouza Department of Biomedical Sciences & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v12i3.1173

Abstract

Medication errors (MEs) are preventable mistakes that occur when there is a failure in the treatment process of any disease that can cause potential harm to patients. Having an effect on patients, health outcomes and costs incurred, it does burden our economically-developing country. Database systems have been created worldwide for the reporting of MEs, but varying countries practise different classifications of MEs hence it poses a challenge to categorize them. This makes it next to impossible to fully curb this continual problem. There are a number of classifications of MEs, based on mistakes and errors based on skills, based on the mistakes itself, based on symptoms and based on the stages of drug delivery system. This review summarizes the preexisting classifications of MEs.

Author Biographies

Praneetha Palasuberniam, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah

Lecturer of Clinical Pharmacology

Suliong Chin, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah

Assoc. Professor

Viknesvaran Thangiah, Medisinar Klinik & Surgeri (Tuaran), Tuaran, Sabah

Primary Care

Urban John Arnold Dsouza, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah

Head of Department

Published

2018-09-28

How to Cite

Palasuberniam, P., Chin, S., Thangiah, V., & Dsouza, U. J. A. (2018). Medication Errors: A Review of Classifications. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 12(3), 11–18. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v12i3.1173
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