- Administrative errors (i.e. confused patient records, mislabeled test results)
- Delayed diagnosis
- Failure to check patient history
- Failure to consult with a specialist
- Failure to provide essential medical care
- Failure to provide the patient with the appropriate aftercare
- Failure to treat an illness or infection
- Improper care or hygiene that causes infections
- Incorrect use of a medical device
- Medication errors
- Misdiagnosis
- Misreading or misinterpretation of diagnostic or laboratory results
- Ordering the incorrect tests for a patient