title: General prescribing principles. Errors and near misses.
abstract: Remember... Mistakes happen. Know the common medication errors. Take active steps to avoid them in your practice. Know the procedures for reporting errors and near misses. Reflect and learn from mistakes and near misses. Know about your local compliants procedures.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012308:Risk Management; D006113:United Kingdom