Table 1 Adverse drug events (ADEs) and potential ADEs: study definitions and examples [24]
From: Incidence of medication errors in a Moroccan medical intensive care unit
Example | Definitions | Event type |
|---|---|---|
Medication error (ME) | Any injury in any stage of the medication process, including ordering, transcribing, dispensing, administering or monitoring | A dose of non-critical medication is not given |
Potential ADE | An incident with potential for injury; all potential ADEs are ME | An order was written for an overdose of medication but the mistake was intercepted by the pharmacy |
ADE | Injury due to a drug | Drug rush |
   Preventable | Due to an error | Coma due to over dose of sedative |
   Non preventable (adverse drug reaction) | Injury, but no error involved | Allergic reaction in patient not known to be allergic |