Incident Log
Date of incident: 08/01/2018
Error type: dispensing error
Patient age: 45
Patient sex: male
Brief summary of incident: Out of date Rx dispensed.
Name of medication: Cefaclor 375mg MR tablets; Aciclovir cream 5%
Level of harm that could have occurred: 1
The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
The correct products were dispensed at the correct strengths, therefore no harm would have occurred to the patient.
Possible cause/contributory factors: Not carrying out legal check of prescription accurately.
Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
Have a sufficient legal checklist in place for future checks of prescriptions to ensure this does not occur again.
Best description of this error/near miss:
Out of date Rx dispensed.
Error type: dispensing error
Patient age: 45
Patient sex: male
Brief summary of incident: Out of date Rx dispensed.
Name of medication: Cefaclor 375mg MR tablets; Aciclovir cream 5%
Level of harm that could have occurred: 1
The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
The correct products were dispensed at the correct strengths, therefore no harm would have occurred to the patient.
Possible cause/contributory factors: Not carrying out legal check of prescription accurately.
Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
Have a sufficient legal checklist in place for future checks of prescriptions to ensure this does not occur again.
Best description of this error/near miss:
Out of date Rx dispensed.