Any undesirable occurrence related to administration of or failure to administer a prescribed medication
Adverse Drug Event
Unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive responses to medications given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose); one type of adverse drug event
Adverse Drug Reaction
An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from an unusual sensitivity f a patient to a particular
medication; a type of adverse drug event and a subtype of a adverse drug reaction
Allergic Reaction
any abnormal and unexpected response to medication, other than an allergic reaction, that is peculiar to an individual patient
Idiosyncratic Reaction
a broad term commonly used to refer to any error in any phase of clinical patient care that causes or has the potential to cause patient harm
Medical Error
any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication used by a patient or health care professional; they may or may not caused the
patient harm
Medication Error
a procedure implemented by health care providers to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of medications for all patients between all phases
of health care delivery