Seven (potentially) deadly prescribing errors.

Graham LR, Scudder L, Stokowski L. Medscape Multispecialty. October 22, 2015.

Errors in the prescribing process can lead to adverse drug events. This slide set provides information about common problems in prescribing such as selecting the wrong drug in a drop-down menu, formulation mix-ups, alert fatigue, poor quality of data in health information systems, and use of ambiguous abbreviations.