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A medication error refers to an error (of commission or omission) at any step along the pathway that begins when a clinician prescribes a medication and ends when the patient actually receives the medication.
Medication reconciliation is the process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking including drug name, dosage, frequency, and route, and comparing that list against the admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders, with the goal of preventing unintended chnages or omissions during transition points.