The document assesses the severity of 9 potential medical errors or incidents on a scale of minimal to catastrophic. For each incident, it assigns a probability rating of frequent to rare. Several of the incidents are rated as having a moderate severity and probable probability, including a patient's status being swapped, a patient receiving the wrong medication dose, and a patient falling and injuring themselves in the waiting room.
The document assesses the severity of 9 potential medical errors or incidents on a scale of minimal to catastrophic. For each incident, it assigns a probability rating of frequent to rare. Several of the incidents are rated as having a moderate severity and probable probability, including a patient's status being swapped, a patient receiving the wrong medication dose, and a patient falling and injuring themselves in the waiting room.
The document assesses the severity of 9 potential medical errors or incidents on a scale of minimal to catastrophic. For each incident, it assigns a probability rating of frequent to rare. Several of the incidents are rated as having a moderate severity and probable probability, including a patient's status being swapped, a patient receiving the wrong medication dose, and a patient falling and injuring themselves in the waiting room.