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Table 1 Number of potential medication administration errors (MAEs) in 3-month observation period

From: Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care

 

All Homes

(345 residents)

Residential Homes

(254 residents)

Nursing Homes

(91 residents)

Total barcode medication administration episodes

188,249

136,340

51,909

Total number averted MAEs

2,289

1,481

808

Frequency averted MAEs

1.22%

1.09%

1.56%

Mean number barcode administrations per resident

545.6

536.8

570.4

Mean number averted MAEs per resident

6.6

5.8

8.9