Medication Error Reports
Authorized users of the Therap system are able to submit Medication Error Reports through the General Event Report application. The application is used to document a range of incidents including injury, behavior restraints and death.
The procedure is simple – clicking on the Medication Error button on the GER form opens the Medication Error Report form. On this form the users select the type of the medication error, the time it was discovered and the name of the person responsible. Users then proceed to enter the details including the name, dosage, applying frequency and other information about ordered and given medication and the total number of errors. Reporters can easily look up ordered medications by clicking on the appropriate button on the form; the information found is automatically copied into the appropriate fields. Users can report multiple medication errors on the same form this way.
In the last section of the Medication Error Report form, users can record the reason for the error. They must specify the cause of the medication error as well as whether medical attention was required due to it.
Clicking on the Add button at the bottom end of the form includes the medication error data in the General Event Report. Users then complete the rest of the GER form and submit it for approval. |
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