School of Pharmacy


Incident Log
Incident Log


Date of incident: 13/04/2016

Error type: dispensing error

Patient age: 43

Patient sex: male

Brief summary of incident: Incorrect balance recorded in error log.

Name of medication: Actiq lozenges 200 microgram;

Level of harm that could have occurred: 1

The reason you think the potential harm is at the level you have chosen:
This is a legal clerical error but will not harm the patient

Possible cause/contributory factors: Thought that there were three actiq lozenges in the stock list prior to dispensing but it was three packets of three actiq lozenges.

Reasons why incident occurred and actions required to prevent reoccurence:
I will take greater care when checking initial stock balance.

Best description of this error/near miss:
CD reg error



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