Abstract

MEDICATION ERROR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND COMPARIOSON OF REPORTING SYSTEM IN USA, UK AND INDIA

Komal Baraiya* and Kashyap Thummar

ABSTRACT

An important cause of patient morbidity and mortality, hence it can be a confusing and underappreciated concept is known as medication error. Both the national patient safety agency report 2004 (United kingdom) and the Institute of Medicine report 2000(United State of America) highlight that medical errors cause a large number of death each year. As per the Institute of Medicine reports 44,000 to 98,000 deaths to occur yearly due to the medical error and Seven thousand (7,000) deaths yearly were attributed to medication errors. Estimation of 237 million medication errors occurs at some point in the medication process in England per year. 5.2 million Medical error is happening in India annually. Medication errors are extensively characterized as any error in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of a drug. But now Recently medication error classified by mistakes, slips, and lapses based on the physiological approach. A medication error may be caused by during manufacturing and drug delivery. Medication error caused by different factors like lack of knowledge, insufficient staff and resources, naming and labeling of medicine, poor communication with the patient, physician, and pharmacist, etc. The reporting system important for the evaluation of the medication error causes. United State of America and United Kingdom have a separate reporting system for medication error but India still has no reporting system. It‟s reduced by new technology like computerized physician operator entry (CPOE), double check system, avoid the use of abbreviations, update the knowledge about the new drug and high-risk drug, etc.

Keywords: Medication error, adverse drug event, patient safety, prescription error.