HTHSCI 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Medical Error, Adverse Drug Reaction, Dimenhydrinate
9 Jan 2019
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Significant we of health resources emergency department visits and. 000 hospitalizations occur each year at a result of adverse drug. Preventable billion spent each year on extra medical costs associated w| adverse drug events. Medication error preventable event that may came or. Had to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Adverse drug event harm resulting from medication or lack of medication. I error may or may not have occurred. Adverse drug reactions a type of adverse drug event that occurs at normal doses that results in an undesired unintended or. Event intervention unexpected reaction to a medication that could have resulted in harm but didn"t reach the patient as a result of chance or timely. Putting it together overlap area where medication errors cause harm. Patient factors such as allergies pregnancy renal or drug interaction not taken into account t. Inappropriate drug dose calculation route or administration time. Prescribed medication transcribed incorrectly or not transcribed at all.
