Identify one medication error you believe is one of the most common in detail, the impact it has on staff, organization, health care patient, specific risks to patient and what can be done to prevent this error.
# There are several medication errors that are happening commonly but are suppressed . Some of these are :-
Providing patients with the wrong medications.
Prescribing the wrong dosage.
Ignoring patient medical histories.
Providing medications that should not be taken together.
Improperly administering medications.
Failing to provide medication.
Improper preparation.
# Impact of medication error on staff , organisation and patient are :-
- occurance of malpractice and medical errors
- cause major complications to patients even death
- poor patient outcome
- decreases the reputation of the organisation
- decrease in the privileges of the staffs
- cancellation of the licence
- low revenue of the organisation due to patient shortage as a result of decreased reputation
# The measures to prevent medication error are :-
- First the cause behind medication error
- Providing proper training to the staffs
- Conducting surveillance
- Making strict rules and regulations which include cancellation of licence and charging fine
- Following the six step method during administration of medication
- Getting double verification from senior staffs
- Getting doubts clear related to medicine dosage ,route if any by the prescribing physician
- Avoiding double duties to prevent errors due to overload and stress
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