Table 2 Number of medication errors by type, and most frequent ATC codes for each type of error.
From: Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors
Type of error | Medication errors; numbers (%) | The three most frequent ATC codes by type of error; number of errors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B03 | C07 | N02 | N05 | N06 | R03 | ||
Omission of drug | 417 (62) | 37 | 37 | 47 | |||
Dose too high | 86 (13) | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||
Dose too low | 82 (12) | 11 | 12 | 7 | |||
Additional drug | 79 (12) | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
Wrong dosage form | 8 (1) | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
Total | 672 (100) | 67 | 68 | 57 | |||