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NCC MERP Index For Categorizing Medication Error Algorithm: Category A

The NCC MERP Index provides a categorization scheme for medication errors. It has 9 categories (A-I) that describe the level of harm from circumstances with potential for error to actual errors that cause patient death. Category A covers circumstances with no actual error occurring, while Categories B-D involve errors without patient harm. Categories E-I involve errors that cause varying levels of patient harm, from temporary harm requiring intervention (Category E) up to patient death (Category I). The categories progressively describe increasing levels of patient harm from errors.

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NCC MERP Index For Categorizing Medication Error Algorithm: Category A

The NCC MERP Index provides a categorization scheme for medication errors. It has 9 categories (A-I) that describe the level of harm from circumstances with potential for error to actual errors that cause patient death. Category A covers circumstances with no actual error occurring, while Categories B-D involve errors without patient harm. Categories E-I involve errors that cause varying levels of patient harm, from temporary harm requiring intervention (Category E) up to patient death (Category I). The categories progressively describe increasing levels of patient harm from errors.

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NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication Error Algorithm

Circumstance or events
that have the capacity
to cause error

No

Category A

Did an actual
error occur?

Yes
No

Category B

Did the error


reach the
patient? *
Yes

Did the error


contribute to or result in
patient death?

Category C

Yes

No

Category E
No

Did the error require


initial or prolonged
hospitalization?

Was the patient


harmed?
Yes
Yes

Yes

Category D

Category I

No

No

Was intervention to
preclude harm or extra
monitoring required?

Category F

Yes

Did the error require on


intervention necessary
to sustain life?

Was the harm


temporary?

No

Yes
No

Was the harm


permanent?

No

Category H

Yes

Category G

No Error
Error, No Harm
Error, Harm

* An error of omission does reach the patient

Error, Death

NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication Error


Algorithm
Circumstance or events that have the capacity to cause
error

A-B-C-D= no harm
E-F-G-H-I=harm
A=no actual error occur
B=actual error occur
C=actual error reach to patient
D=the error required for monitoring
E=the error required for intervention
F=the error required prolong hospitalization
G=permanent harm
H=requird intervention for sustain life
I=error result in patient death
1.Category A : Did an actual error occur? No.
2.Category B : Did an actual error occur? Yes but
not reach the patient.
3.Category C : Did the error reach the patient? *
Yes but the patient was not harmed.
4.Category D: Was the patient harmed? No harm
but was monitoring required to preclude harm
5.Category E:Was the harm temporary?Yes,error
and harm and required intervention
6.Category F: Did the error require initial or
prolonged hospitalization? Yes, the error required
prolonged hospitalization.
7.Category G: Was the harm temporary? No, the
harm was permanent.
8.Category H: Did the error require on intervention
necessary to sustain life? Yes.the error require
intervention necessary to sustain life.
9.Category I: Did the error contribute to or result in
patient death? yes, error result in patient death.

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