| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compliance error | an error occuring when patients do not follow their dosing regimen |
| deteriorated drug error | use of an expired medication or one whose properties have beem compromised |
| failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) | a process that evaluates where errors might occur and estimates their potential impact |
| high alert medications | medications that have high risk of causing patient harm when used in error |
| improper dose error | a dose that is greater than or less than that ordered by the prescriber |
| medication error | any error occuring in the medication use process |
| medication misadventure | a general term to describe drug-related incidents |
| monitoring error | failure to review a medication order or associated clinical laboratory values |
| ommision error | a scheduled dose that is omitted entirely |
| prescribing error | error occurring duing the prescribing process |
| root cause analysis (RCA) | a process for retrospectively analyzing an error |
| unauthorized drug error | an error occuring when a drug givent to or taken by a patient was not ordered by an autherized prescriber |
| wrong administration technique error | an error occuring when a medication is given or taken by the wrong route or the use of an improper proceder |
| wrong dosage form error | use of an incorrect medication dosage form |
| wrong time error | administration of a medication dose outside of an established scheduled time |
