A medication error can be made by a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or other medical professional. Some of the more common includes:
- Giving the wrong medication to the patient
- Mixing up patients’ medications
- Prescribes or gives a patient mediation they are allergic to
- Fails to adequately warn the patient about potential side effects from the medication
- Mislabeling of a medication
- Prescribes or gives a patient medication that has adverse reactions to another medication the patient is taking