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Table 1

From: Adverse medication events in the intensive care unit: avoidable or inevitable?

Event type (all)

Number (% of total)

Major events (%)

Prescribing

20 (18)

3 (3)

Supply

11 (9)

2 (2)

Mislabelling

18 (16)

1 (1)

Route/drug/dose

23 (20)

6 (5)

Freq/documentation

32 (28)

2 (2)

Controlled/K+

4 (3)

3 (3)

Other

7 (6)

0 (0)