Incidence of Medication Error Analysis in a Multispeciality Hospital

The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) has defined medication errors (MEs) as “Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional patient or consumer. Unfortunately most of the MEs remain undetected if clinical significance or outcome does not adversely affect the patient. While some of the MEs also result into serious morbidity or mortality and have a significant economic impact on the patient and health care system.