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health care management
health care facilities, manpower, and services
health services
medical errors
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health care quality, access, and evaluation
health services research
quality and safety of care
medical errors
Preferred term
medication errors
Definition(s)
- Medication errors are commonly defined as any preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medications are in the control of health care professionals or consumers. Medication errors caused by consumers are usually adherence and compliance errors and are not considered in this entry. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Medication Errors]
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