Medication Error or Near Miss Report & Action Form
Health and Social Care Moray
This form is to be read in conjunction with Medication Guidelines. This should be completed in
conjunction with internal incident reporting procedures.
Date Incident Reported
Date/ Time Incident Occurred
Incident Location
Service User Details
Service User Address
Care Worker Name
Care Worker Team
Indicate at which stage of the process the incident occurred
Prescribing Ordering Pharmacy Dispensing
Receipt Administration Recording
Other:
Medication Name & Description
Regular Yes/No Temporary Yes/No
Details of Incident
What do you think went wrong and why?
Action Taken (e.g. contact GP)
Outcome of Action (e.g. follow advice of GP)
Action taken as a result of error (e.g. further training, clarification of procedure)
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Overall Outcome (e.g. Health of service User)
What have you learnt, and what will be done differently as a result of this incident?
Follow up action taken as a result of the incident?
Outcome of further training? (if applicable) (e.g. outcome of the further training, when it
occurred, etc)
Outcome of the QA? (e.g. discussion with the Care Worker, when this happened)
Has Care Worker been provided with a copy of this document? Yes/No
Care Worker signature (if required)
Recording Process Date:
Completed By:
Informed Manager □ Service User Home Updated □ Recorded on Medication Record □
Internal Incident Report Complete □ Date on Agenda for Team Meeting :
Manager Signature Date:
Please email completed form to commcarefileaudit@moray.gov.uk
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