Table 3 Number and frequency of MAEs, according to the type of error and in-patient unit
Error category | Surgical unit | Clinical unit | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Technique error | 34/366 | 8.5* | 53/108 | 32.9* | 87/561 | 15.5 |
Time error | 45/400 | 11.3 | 17/161 | 10.6 | 62/561 | 11.1 |
Extra dose | 2/398 | 0.5 | 2/159 | 1.2 | 4/561 | 0.7 |
Pharmaceutical form error | 3/397 | 0.8 | –/161 | – | 3/561 | 0.5 |
Non-prescribed dose | 2/398 | 0.5 | –/161 | – | 2/561 | 0.4 |
Wrong route | –/400 | – | 1/160 | 0.6 | 1/561 | 0.2 |
Wrong dose | 20/380 | 5.0 | 7/154 | 4.3 | 27/561 | 4.8 |
Dose omission | 18/382 | 4.5 | 7/154 | 4.3 | 25/561 | 4.5 |
Total | 120/400 | 30.0* | 83/161 | 51.6* | 203/561 | 36.2 |