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
Rationale: 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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