Table 3 Top ten therapeutic error scenarios involving diabetes medications as the primary substance reported to United States Poison Centers, national poison Data System 2000–2021
From: Therapeutic errors involving diabetes medications reported to United States poison centers
Scenarios | Total |
|---|---|
n (%)a | |
Wrong medication taken/given | 48,263 (30.6) |
Inadvertently took/given medication twice | 45,824 (29.1) |
Other incorrect dose | 20,970 (13.3) |
Inadvertently took/given someone else’s medication | 15,432 (9.8) |
Medication doses given/taken too close together | 9,580 (6.1) |
Incorrect formulation or concentration given | 8,187 (5.2) |
Other/unknown therapeutic error | 7,986 (5.1) |
Confused units of measure | 3,259 (2.1) |
Healthcare professional iatrogenic error | 1,736 (1.1) |
Incorrect formulation or concentration dispensed | 1,318 (0.8) |