Pharmacology Chapter 6

Any undesirable occurrence related to administration of or failure to administer a prescribed medication

Unexpected, unintededm undesiredm or excessive responses to medications given at therapeutic dosages;

An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resluting from an unusual sensitivity of a patient to aparticular medication; a type of adverse drug event and a subtype of adverse drug reactions

Any abnormal and unexpected response to a medication orhter than an allergic reaction that is peculiar to an individual patient

A broad term commonly used to refer to any error in any phase of clinical patient care that causes or has the potential to cause patient harm

Any preventable adverse drug events involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional

A procedure implemented by healthcare providers to maintain an accurate and up to date list of medications for all patients between all phases of health care delivery