Pharmacology ch 6

an undesirable occurrence related to administration of or failure to administer a prescribed medication

• unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive responses to medications given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
• one type of adverse drug event

• an immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from an unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication
• type of adverse drug event and a subtype of adverse drug reactions

any abnormal and unexpected response to a medication, other than an allergic reaction, that is peculiar to an individual patient

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

• any preventable adverse drug events involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional
• they may or may not cause the patient harm

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