Medication or Other Substance Dashboard
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This dashboard presents information on medication or other substance-related patient safety concerns, which span incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions. At-a-glance information on description of safety concerns, origin of safety concerns, and type of substance involved is presented, followed by further examination of incidents and near misses. Selecting one of the options in the top table below will display a related figure and table. This information can also be downloaded as an Excel file from the links in the Additional Resources box.
The Network for Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) does not contain a representative sample of patient safety concerns and cannot be used to calculate the actual incidence or prevalence of patient safety concerns. The reporting of patient safety concerns to the NPSD is voluntary as is the reporting to Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) by providers. The NPSD is a summary of certain elements in Hospital Common Formats Events Reports for specific types of patient safety concerns that have been submitted voluntarily by a portion of the AHRQ-listed PSOs.
