Medication Errors Related to Children in Outpatient CareError Found Medication errors in children alone are alarming, but throwing an outpatient care environment into the mix is ​​a disaster. When dealing with children and medications in the outpatient setting, the dosing range is drastically out of range compared to those treated in the hospital setting (Hoyle, J., Davis, A., Putman, K., Trytko, J., Fales, W., 2011). Children are at greater risk of dosing errors because each medication must be calculated individually and this can lead to more human errors. The errors that are occurring are due to lack of training, dosage calculation errors and lack of safety systems. Medication errors in children receiving outpatient care can be avoided by ensuring correct dosage calculation, more thorough staff training and safety systems in place. Causes of Pediatric Dosing Errors Through Emergency Care The number of errors that occur in children receiving medications in the outpatient setting is of great concern. According to the drug dosage error...