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Therapeutics > Drug Therapy > Medication Errors
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Medical Errors > Medication Errors

Preferred term

Medication Errors  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Error, Medication
  • Errors, Medication
  • Medication Error

Scope note

  • Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.

History note

  • 67(66)

In other languages

  • lääkitysvirheet

    Finnish

  • lääkevahingot
  • lääkevahinko
  • lääkityspoikkeama
  • lääkityspoikkeamat
  • lääkitysvirhe
  • virhe lääkehoidossa
  • virheet lääkehoidossa
  • virheet lääkityksessä
  • Medicineringsfel

    Swedish

  • Felhantering av läkemedel
  • Medicineringsmisstag

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008508

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