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Table 3 Patient harm by error type

From: Medication errors related to transdermal opioid patches: lessons from a regional incident reporting system

Error type

No harm

Harm

  

Nonserious

Serious

Omission of dose: n = 20

12

8

0

Wrong time: n = 67

59

8

0

Wrong dose: n = 34

27

6

1

Wrong transcription: n = 9

8

1

0

Wrong technique: n = 3

2

1

0

Wrong route of administration: n = 1

0

0

1

Remaining error types

17

0

0

SUM: n = 151

125

24

2