DeCS

Descriptor English:

Medication Errors

Descriptor Spanish:

Errores de Medicación

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	errores de medicación
Entry term(s)	error de medicación LASA error de medicación de alto riesgo error de medicamentos de alto riesgo errores de medicación LASA errores de medicación de alto riesgo errores de medicación que se escribe o suena parecido errores de medicamentos con similitud ortográfica errores de medicamentos con similitud ortográfica o fonética errores de medicamentos de alto riesgo errores de medicamentos que se escriben o suenan parecido errores de medicamentos que se escriben parecido errores de sustitución de medicamentos con similitud ortográfica o fonética errores de sustitución de medicamentos que se escriben o suenan parecido
Scope note:	Errores en la prescripción, dispensación o administración de medicamentos, que derivan en que el paciente no recibe le medicamento correcto o la dosis apropiada.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Erros de Medicação

Descriptor French:

Erreurs de médication

Entry term(s):

Drug Error, High-Alert
Drug Use Error
Drug Use Errors
Error, Drug Use
Error, LASA Medication
Error, Medication
Errors, Medication
High Alert Drug Error
High Alert Medication Error
High-Alert Drug Error
High-Alert Drug Errors
High-Alert Medication Error
High-Alert Medication Errors
LASA Medication Error
LASA Medication Errors
Look Alike Drug Name Errors
Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Errors
Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Substitution Errors
Look Alike Sound Alike Medication Errors
Look-Alike Drug Name Errors
Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Errors
Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Substitution Errors
Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication Errors
Lookalike Drug Name Errors
Lookalike Soundalike Drug Errors
Lookalike Soundalike Drug Substitution Errors
Lookalike Soundalike Medication Errors
Medication Error
Medication Error, High-Alert
Medication Error, LASA
Medication Errors, High-Alert
Medication Errors, LASA

Tree number(s):

E02.319.529
N02.421.450.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008508

Scope note:

Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
NU nursing
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
VE veterinary

Concept UI	M0013245
Scope note	Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
Preferred term	Medication Errors
Entry term(s)	Error, Medication Errors, Medication Medication Error

Concept UI	M000639566
Preferred term	Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Substitution Errors
Entry term(s)	Error, LASA Medication LASA Medication Error LASA Medication Errors Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Errors Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Substitution Errors Look Alike Sound Alike Medication Errors Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Errors Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication Errors Lookalike Soundalike Drug Errors Lookalike Soundalike Drug Substitution Errors Lookalike Soundalike Medication Errors Medication Error, LASA Medication Errors, LASA

Concept UI	M000639565
Preferred term	Look-Alike Drug Name Errors
Entry term(s)	Look Alike Drug Name Errors Lookalike Drug Name Errors

Concept UI	M000639567
Preferred term	High-Alert Medication Error
Entry term(s)	Drug Error, High-Alert High Alert Drug Error High Alert Medication Error High-Alert Drug Error High-Alert Drug Errors High-Alert Medication Errors Medication Error, High-Alert Medication Errors, High-Alert

Concept UI	M0570151
Scope note	Inappropriate use of drugs or medication due to unavailable or misleading information.
Preferred term	Drug Use Error
Entry term(s)	Drug Use Errors Error, Drug Use

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