Drug errors: how to reduce your risk of making a mistake

Medication errors are all too common in healthcare. They are among the main causes of preventable harm to patients, are costly to the NHS and in some cases might even jeopardise a nurse’s NMC registration. Find out about the most common mistakes made in administering drugs, which medication are most frequently involved in errors and read a medication safety checklist of what you need to know before administering a drug to a patient to minimise the chance of a mistake being made.