Date of incident: 13/03/2013

Error type: near miss

Patient age: 30

Patient sex: female

Brief summary of incident: Rx was out of date. Consult the GP outside of 45mins time allocation.

Name of medication: Diazepam tablets 5mg; cefalexin 250mg caps;

Level of harm that could have occurred: 1

The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
it was a typing error and might have no harm to the patient at all

Possible cause/contributory factors: misread the Rx without checking it thoroughly

Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
carefully check the Rx

Best description of this error/near miss:
Rx is out of date