Medication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern

Abstract

Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus operandi are the main contributory factors to it. In this review, incidence, types, risk factors and preventive measures of the medication errors are discussed in detail.

Keywords

• Adverse drug event
• drug error
• medication error