title: Medication errors and the home care patient.
abstract: Medication errors specific to home care include taking the wrong dose or quantity of medications, omitting medications, or taking an unauthorized drug. This article includes information regarding types of errors, contributing factors, and potential solutions to the identified problems.
authors.affiliation: Learning Resource Center, Fairfield University School of Nursing, Fairfield, Connecticut. DMager@mail.fairfield.edu
authors.forename: Diana R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Mager
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000523:psychology; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D019338:Polypharmacy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*