According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP), a medication error refers to any preventable event or incident that leads to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Such events may be related to professional practice, healthcare products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing, order communication, product labeling, packaging, and nomenclature, compounding, dispensing, distribution, administration, education, monitoring, and use. It can occur at any stage of the medication process, including prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring medications. Medication errors can involve various factors, such as the wrong medication, incorrect dosage, inappropriate administration route, or failure to recognize potential drug interactions or allergies. Medication errors can have serious consequences for patients, ranging from minimal harm to severe injury or even death.

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• Distinguish the common types of medical errors and how they can be prevented.
• Describe how you can Improve patient safety through the various procedures, protocols and policies that impact patients
• List the common medication errors that can make a medical setting unsafe for patients.
• Discuss the prevention of medication errors in Healthcare settings