To be fair, giving someone Tylenol when they asked for Aspirin is technically a med error, even if nothing bad happened. Two patients have the exact same prescription but one is generic and the other is name brand and you accidentally switch the pills? Med error.

I'm not trying to excuse the more serious med errors here, just trying to explain that "med error" is a pretty nebulous term at times.

To be fair, giving someone Tylenol when they asked for Aspirin is technically a med error, even if nothing bad happened. Two patients have the exact same prescription but you accidentally switch the pills? Med error.

I'm not trying to excuse the more serious med errors here, just trying to explain that "med error" is a pretty nebulous term at times.