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MeSH Heading: Medication Errors
Tree Number(s): E02.319.529; N02.421.450.500
Unique ID: D008508
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Version: MEDICATION ERR
Entry Term(s): Drug Use Error; Errors, Medication; High-Alert Drug Error; High-Alert 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; Lookalike Drug Name Errors; Lookalike Soundalike Drug Errors; Lookalike Soundalike Drug Substitution Errors; Lookalike Soundalike Medication Errors
See Also: Drug Overdose
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(66)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

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veterinary (VE)

Medication Errors MeSH Descriptor Data 2023