Medication-error rate
NCLEX-RN glossary · Management Of Care
Definition
A quantitative derivation calculated by dividing the number of errors by the total doses administered and multiplying by 100.
Medication-error rate in plain English
This is a critical quality metric used to evaluate the safety of hospital-wide medication administration systems. A common mistake is omitting the total number of administered doses from the denominator during calculation.
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