Medical error | The failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim [2]. |
Medication error | Any error in the medication process, whether there are adverse consequences or not [10]. |
Adverse drug event | Any injury related to the use of a drug [77]. Not all adverse drug events are caused by medical error, nor do all medication errors result in an adverse drug event [26]. |
Preventable adverse event | Harm that could be avoided through reasonable planning or proper execution of an action [6]. |
Near miss | The occurrence of an error that did not result in harm [6]. |
Slip | A failure to execute an action due to a routine behavior being misdirected [17]. |
Lapse | A failure to execute an action due to lapse in memory and a routine behavior being omitted [17]. |
Mistake | A knowledge-based error due to an incorrect thought process or analysis [17]. |
Error of omission | Failure to perform an appropriate action [6]. |
Error of commission | Performing an inappropriate action [6]. |