Medication Errors, Mixups Occurring with Alarming Frequency

According to the Institute for Medicine, 1.5 million people are injured or harmed by medication errors and mixups. There are numerous reasons for the errors, but confusion caused over drugs with similar names accounts for nearly 25 percent of injuries to patients. Medication errors, including improper use and incorrect dosage, can be made all along the route from prescribing to dispensing the drug to the patient. (7/19) Richmond Times-Dispatch