New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death -- omission is a common cause

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 12:10 in Health & Medicine

Medication administration errors leading to death are common with anticoagulants and antibiotics in particular, according to a new study that analyzed incidents reported in England and Wales. The most common error category was omitted medicine, followed by a wrong dose or a wrong strength. In half of the reported incidents, the patient was aged over 75.

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