Date of incident: 22/02/2016

Error type: dispensing error

Patient age: 39

Patient sex: male

Brief summary of incident: The precription was for "Gary" but I labelled it "Gerry"

Name of medication: Arythmol 300mg tablets; Aspirin e/c 75 mg tab

Level of harm that could have occurred: 5

The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
I could have been handing medication to a person it was not intended for

Possible cause/contributory factors: I was distracted and rushing

Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
I will perform thorough checks between the prescription and dispensed medications

Best description of this error/near miss:
Wrong name on label