![]() ![]() 1 – 4 It has been estimated that when adverse drug events occur in the hospital setting, they increase the patient’s length of stay by an average of 4.6 days, and the cost to the Canadian health care system is $4685 per event 4 ($6655 in 2016 Canadian dollars, adjusted for inflation). ![]() Medication errors (any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer) that lead to adverse drug events (any undesirable experience associated with a patient’s use of a drug) are known to represent a major threat to patient safety, despite widespread preventive programs and extensive education of hospital personnel.
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