If mistakes are made with a prescription for medication, there can be dangerous consequences.
Health care professionals and pharmacists have a responsibility to ensure that each patient receives the correct drug at the correct dosage.
The prescription process is automated to some extent, but there are still instances where human error or technical failure lead to mistakes and errors in between the point of prescription and the patient receiving their medication.
One of the most common prescription errors occurs when the wrong type of drug is prescribed to the patient, or where the correct medicine is prescribed, but subsequently dispensed to the wrong patient.
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