Date of incident: 14/02/2018

Error type: dispensing error

Patient age: 56

Patient sex: male

Brief summary of incident: Incorrect warning labels appeared on the label for the drug

Name of medication: fluoxetine;

Level of harm that could have occurred: 1

The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
The computer system placed warning labels 3 and 21 on the label this puts unnecessary restrictions on the patient

Possible cause/contributory factors: Computer system is pre programmed to place certain labels on the label

Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
carefully check the label and remove any unnecessary labels

Best description of this error/near miss:
wrong warning labels