The seven potential causes of medication errors include all the following except:
A) wrong patient
B) wrong age
C) incorrect dose
D) incorrect time
B) wrong age
The seven potential causes of medication errors do not include "wrong age." They are: wrong patient, incorrect route, incorrect drug, incorrect dose, incorrect time, incorrect technique, and incorrect information on the patient chart.
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