From: Using Positive Deviance to reduce medication errors in a tertiary care hospital
Error class | Definition | |
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A | No error | The circumstances or events have the capacity to cause error |
B | Error, no harm | An error occurred but did not reach the patient |
C | An error occurred, reached the patient but did not cause harm | |
D | An error occurred, reached the patient and required monitoring to confirm that it resulted in no harm to the patient and/or required intervention to preclude harm | |
E | Error, harm | An error occurred, that may have contributed to temporary harm and required intervention |
F | An error occurred, that may have contributed to or resulted in temporary harm, and required initial or prolonged hospitalization | |
G | An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in permanent harm | |
H | An error occurred that required intervention necessary to sustain life | |
I | Error, death | An error occurred that may have contributed to or resulted in the patient’s death |