A medication error classified as Category I is described as which of the following?
A) Circumstances or events that have the capacity to cause errors
B) Errors that reached the patient but did not cause any harm
C) Errors that occurred and may have contributed to or resulted in temporary harm to the patient (and required intervention)
D) Errors that occurred that might have contributed to or resulted in the patient's death
D) Errors that occurred that might have contributed to or resulted in the patient's death
Category I is the medication error category that describes errors that occurred that might have contributed to or resulted in a patient's death.
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