Severe and fatal medication errors in hospitals: findings from the Norwegian Incident Reporting System

Analysis of 3372 medication errors (2016-17) found that most occurred during administration (68%) and prescribing (24%). Leading errors were dosing errors (38%), omissions (23%) and wrong drug (15%). Most were harmful (62%), of which 5.2% caused severe harm, and 0.8% were fatal.

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European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy