Causes of intravenous medication errors: an ethnographic study

K Taxis; N Barber

doi:10.1136/qhc.12.5.343

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Causes of intravenous medication errors: an ethnographic study

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Oct 2003	297	195	121
Nov 2003	101	119	41
Dec 2003	31	37	9
Jan 2004	45	342	21
Feb 2004	15	200	26
Mar 2004	28	45	26
Apr 2004	21	34	26
May 2004	43	70	13
Jun 2004	56	66	43
Jul 2004	68	62	31
Aug 2004	72	77	28
Sep 2004	58	62	12
Oct 2004	54	123	37
Nov 2004	69	122	53
Dec 2004	52	185	96
Jan 2005	41	207	85
Feb 2005	64	209	82
Mar 2005	64	130	64
Apr 2005	79	107	43
May 2005	84	121	64
Jun 2005	25	79	45
Jul 2005	38	71	27
Aug 2005	36	107	49
Sep 2005	45	127	53
Oct 2005	90	166	76
Nov 2005	59	143	74
Dec 2005	30	100	55
Jan 2006	47	94	36
Feb 2006	70	86	76
Mar 2006	43	102	54
Apr 2006	63	94	55
May 2006	45	64	39
Jun 2006	47	46	33
Jul 2006	37	55	34
Aug 2006	37	62	31
Sep 2006	39	97	64
Oct 2006	44	151	79
Nov 2006	85	188	104
Dec 2006	52	78	52
Jan 2007	81	142	58
Feb 2007	99	148	87
Mar 2007	109	143	72
Apr 2007	137	35	46
May 2007	118	36	31
Jun 2007	80	36	31
Jul 2007	112	41	48
Aug 2007	117	27	28
Sep 2007	121	33	40
Oct 2007	141	37	41
Nov 2007	121	35	26
Dec 2007	82	29	21
Jan 2008	91	22	38
Feb 2008	102	20	28
Mar 2008	120	25	33
Apr 2008	88	27	26
May 2008	37	14	26
Jun 2008	65	11	16
Jul 2008	63	17	24
Aug 2008	63	16	13
Sep 2008	144	18	27
Oct 2008	105	19	26
Nov 2008	100	18	30
Dec 2008	57	12	21
Jan 2009	101	23	21
Feb 2009	124	14	24
Mar 2009	89	22	21
Apr 2009	119	20	30
May 2009	123	16	27
Jun 2009	74	12	14
Jul 2009	105	14	15
Aug 2009	84	21	29
Sep 2009	138	18	32
Oct 2009	127	30	24
Nov 2009	42	6	5
Dec 2009	30	3	4
Jan 2010	119	7	24
Feb 2010	164	17	21
Mar 2010	133	19	26
Apr 2010	127	21	22
May 2010	134	13	21
Jun 2010	118	30	28
Jul 2010	100	16	15
Aug 2010	90	23	14
Sep 2010	144	31	15
Oct 2010	140	42	17
Nov 2010	215	34	24
Dec 2010	101	12	14
Jan 2011	91	11	23
Feb 2011	121	18	18
Mar 2011	208	21	23
Apr 2011	135	32	14
May 2011	193	25	19
Jun 2011	112	17	9
Jul 2011	143	23	25
Aug 2011	120	13	17
Sep 2011	83	23	20
Oct 2011	93	30	20
Nov 2011	101	46	21
Dec 2011	55	100	21
Jan 2012	63	76	22
Feb 2012	68	75	30
Mar 2012	123	110	49
Apr 2012	96	85	30
May 2012	87	126	47
Jun 2012	117	81	39
Jul 2012	119	75	38
Aug 2012	83	65	30
Sep 2012	134	111	52
Oct 2012	141	97	44
Nov 2012	149	73	47
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Feb 2013	188	44	66
Mar 2013	199	54	74
Apr 2013	181	71	51
May 2013	154	40	56
Jun 2013	150	40	44
Jul 2013	88	39	18
Aug 2013	122	18	17
Sep 2013	146	29	31
Oct 2013	192	41	51
Nov 2013	145	33	38
Dec 2013	108	38	31
Jan 2014	112	39	42
Feb 2014	112	36	40
Mar 2014	113	34	31
Apr 2014	159	40	45
May 2014	141	28	37
Jun 2014	108	29	24
Jul 2014	123	36	27
Aug 2014	88	16	24
Sep 2014	135	39	40
Oct 2014	144	44	40
Nov 2014	156	37	42
Dec 2014	119	28	27
Jan 2015	162	37	43
Feb 2015	117	20	38
Mar 2015	156	26	41
Apr 2015	147	31	35
May 2015	112	27	28
Jun 2015	98	8	20
Jul 2015	69	15	14
Aug 2015	97	28	33
Sep 2015	182	32	34
Oct 2015	67	12	25
Nov 2015	135	35	39
Dec 2015	73	32	18
Jan 2016	96	18	27
Feb 2016	79	18	24
Mar 2016	81	15	31
Apr 2016	130	22	31
May 2016	77	20	18
Jun 2016	80	24	19
Jul 2016	64	17	15
Aug 2016	95	41	13
Sep 2016	86	21	32
Oct 2016	173	25	29
Nov 2016	113	17	23
Dec 2016	64	22	19
Jan 2017	107	23	20
Feb 2017	76	14	20
Mar 2017	59	89	44
Apr 2017	64	135	44
May 2017	43	108	26
Jun 2017	48	91	22
Jul 2017	151	96	27
Aug 2017	240	140	31
Sep 2017	232	102	35
Oct 2017	202	94	31
Nov 2017	184	104	20
Dec 2017	155	61	26
Jan 2018	216	70	36
Feb 2018	177	93	34
Mar 2018	271	132	48
Apr 2018	229	140	43
May 2018	242	176	41
Jun 2018	223	149	39
Jul 2018	178	128	29
Aug 2018	221	116	75
Sep 2018	309	171	72
Oct 2018	373	263	63
Nov 2018	347	229	84
Dec 2018	294	204	83
Jan 2019	233	165	43
Feb 2019	321	165	51
Mar 2019	305	176	68
Apr 2019	268	140	59
May 2019	255	157	38
Jun 2019	244	130	35
Jul 2019	251	166	34
Aug 2019	242	155	36
Sep 2019	222	135	58
Oct 2019	282	132	45
Nov 2019	206	103	32
Dec 2019	209	49	24
Jan 2020	190	77	18
Feb 2020	199	90	15
Mar 2020	180	116	27
Apr 2020	143	63	21
May 2020	151	73	22
Jun 2020	102	34	14
Jul 2020	138	64	14
Aug 2020	340	213	42
Sep 2020	538	432	26
Oct 2020	265	96	43
Nov 2020	216	91	44
Dec 2020	139	57	20
Jan 2021	128	65	27
Feb 2021	149	66	29
Mar 2021	213	97	33
Apr 2021	158	53	16
May 2021	109	71	26
Jun 2021	54	55	34
Jul 2021	44	44	22
Aug 2021	42	42	16
Sep 2021	75	75	28
Oct 2021	184	71	40
Nov 2021	163	61	43
Dec 2021	111	59	25
Jan 2022	139	57	18
Feb 2022	106	38	25
Mar 2022	216	74	46
Apr 2022	140	58	22
May 2022	272	188	21
Jun 2022	79	39	19
Jul 2022	86	42	17
Aug 2022	108	46	12
Sep 2022	120	60	25
Oct 2022	186	65	21
Nov 2022	134	48	23
Dec 2022	131	48	21
Jan 2023	147	53	27
Feb 2023	182	83	31
Mar 2023	177	69	49
Apr 2023	153	50	27
May 2023	100	41	26
Jun 2023	135	62	27
Jul 2023	95	50	18
Aug 2023	116	46	19
Sep 2023	123	56	25
Oct 2023	230	104	28
Nov 2023	224	151	31
Dec 2023	843	108	0
Jan 2024	262	50	0
Feb 2024	155	12	3
Mar 2024	345	14	2
Total	32718	17152	8319

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