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Description
Identification of what was incorrect about the prescribed and dispensed (or potentially dispensed) medication involved in event.
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The intended strength or concentration, dose, dosage form, route, label, directions, and quantity match the actual strength or concentration, dose, dosage form, route, label, directions, and quantity given dispensed to the patient.
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Strength or concentration
The amount of drug in the dosage form or a unit of the dosage form.
Examples
250 mg/5 mL suspension instead of a 250 mg/1 mL suspension
50 mg tablet dispensed instead of a 25 mg tablet
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The amount of drug taken within any one time period.
Examples
Two tablets taken instead of one tablet as prescribed
One tablet taken once a day instead of twice a day
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The physical form of a dose of medication.
Example
Extended- or sustained-release medication instead of immediate-release
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The method by which a drug enters the patient.
Example
An intramuscular medication given intravenously
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Quantity (includes amount and size)
The number, amount or amount size of the medication dispensed to the patient.
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The printed information placed on the medication container by the pharmacy that contains required information regarding medication, dose, prescriber, etc.
Example
Incorrect patient name
Incorrect directions
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Brand or generic substitution
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A brand substitution is when brand of a medication other than the brand prescribed was dispensed.
A generic substitution is when a brand name medication is prescribed and a generic medication is dispensed, or when a generic medication is prescribed and a different generic is dispensed.
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Start Date | 2013 |
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End Date | n/a |
Change History | n/a |
Field Name | med_correct |