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QUALIFYING MEDICATION ERRORS

(Addition to PAMP, Perfected Approach to Med Pass) 09/11/18

The Wisconsin Bureau of Assisted Living’s Medication Management Initiative Workgroup defines a medication error as follows: A medication error is a preventable event resulting in the incorrect administration of a medication, or harm or potential harm to a resident. An error occurs when the resident does not receive a medication as prescribed/ordered by the physician.

Purpose: The purpose of qualifying a major or minor medication error is not to demean its significance or potential for harm, as any error great or small, holds the potential for an adverse resident event. It should be noted that a ‘minor’ error has the potential to turn into a ‘major’ error. At this point, qualifying medication errors is for the purpose of gathering data and statistical tracking for IM’s Key Performance Indicators/Scorecard.

MAJOR VS MINOR MEDICATION ERRORS:

MAJOR MINOR

Medications a resident receives A medication given at the

that are not intended for them wrong time

A medication a resident receives they A medication dose that is missed

have a noted allergy to

An alternate dose of a medication

A medication is given that is not ordered is given

Wrong route of administration An additional dose of prescribed

medication is administered

Any error that results in noted harm

to the resident and/or need for urgent Late or early doses of medication

or emergency treatment, care or

hospitalization