针对药物治疗错误的风险以及由其引起的不良反应的预防,有大量的国际文献报道。据估计,在美国每年至少有150万患者由于药物治疗错误受到伤害,其中约40万例不良事件是原本可以预防的。在澳大利亚的医疗机构,约有1%的患者由于药物治疗错误而发生不良事件。在英国,1996年7月1日后向医疗保护协会 There is a great deal of international literature on the risks of medication errors and the prevention of adverse reactions caused by them. It is estimated that at least 1.5 million patients in the United States suffer from medication errors each year, of which about 400 000 of the adverse events were otherwise preventable. In Australian medical institutions, about 1% of patients develop adverse events due to medication errors. In the UK, after July 1, 1996 to the Medical Protection Association