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The different types of medication errors include (but are not necessarily limited to):

 Prescribing errors, wherein the selection of a drug is incorrect based on the patient’s
allergies or other indications. Additionally, the wrong dose, form, quantity, route (oral vs
intravenous), concentration, or rate of admission could be used.
 Omission errors, in which there is a failure to give a medication dose before the next
one is scheduled.
 Wrong time errors, wherein a medication is given outside the predetermined interval
from its scheduled time.
 Improper dosing errors, wherein a greater or lesser amount of medication is
delivered than is required to manage the patient’s condition.
 Wrong dose errors, wherein the correct dosage was prescribed, but the wrong dose was
administered.
 Improper administration technique errors, such as administering a medication
intravenously instead of orally.
 Wrong drug preparation errors, wherein a medication is incorrectly formulated (i.e.,
too much or too little diluting solution added when a medication is reconstituted).
 Fragmented care errors, wherein a lack of communication exists between the
prescribing physician and other healthcare professionals.
Reference:
Medication errors in nursing: Common types, causes, and prevention. Medcom, Inc. (2019,
December 21). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.medcominc.com/medical-

errors/common-nursing-medication-errors-types-causes-prevention/

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