Medication Administration Error Rate (Nursing Facility, 5% Line)
The nursing-facility medication administration error rate.
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Example
- Doses observed being administered
- 48
- Doses ordered but not administered
- 2
- Errors observed, significant and non-significant together
- 2
- How many of the errors were significant
- 0
Result: Medication error rate 4%: under 5%.
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What you enter
- Doses observed being administered
- Doses ordered but not administered (0 if none)
- Errors observed, significant and non-significant together
- How many of the errors were significant (0 if none)
How this is calculated
Citation
42 CFR 483.45(f): medication error rates not 5 percent or greater, and no significant medication errors. CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix PP, F759 and F760: errors observed over opportunities (doses given plus doses ordered but not given); a lower rate is not rounded up to 5%. Read the sources: 42 CFR 483.45 ↗, CMS Appendix PP ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.