National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention

The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) is an independent body composed of 27 national organizations.

In 1995, the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) spearheaded the formation of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention: Leading national health care organizations are meeting, collaborating, and cooperating to address the interdisciplinary causes of errors and to promote the safe use of medications.

USP is a founding member and the Secretariat for NCC MERP.

Medication Errors

Definition

What is a Medication Error?

See Definition

Taxonomy

Provides a standard language and structure when analyzing medication error reports.

See Taxonomy

Index

NCC MERP adopted a Medication Error Index that classifies an error according to the severity of the outcome.

See Category Index

NAN Alert

The National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN encourages the sharing and reporting of medication errors, so that lessons learned can be used to increase the safety of the medication use system.

Jul 10, 2024

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