NABH – 10 – Medication Error

“…any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm.
Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including:

• prescribing;
• order communication;
• product labeling;
• packaging and nomenclature;
• compounding;
• dispensing;
• distribution;
• administration;
• Education; monitoring; and use”.