Description

Dean and Barber reported a visual analogue scale (VAS) for scoring the severity of a medication error. The authors are from London University.


Patient selection: medication error

 

Consequence of Error

Score

none

0

minimal

1

minimal to mild

2

mild

3

mild to moderate

4

moderate

5

moderate

6

moderate to severe

7

severe

8

very severe

9

fatal

10

 

The above table shows integers, but a VAS scales allows for decimal fractions.


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