To keep patients safe and avoid medication mistakes, it’s important for pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to follow the “five rights” of medication use, which are the right patient, drug, dose, time, and route. Prevention of medical error Prevention of medication error To keep patients safe and avoid medication mistakes, it’s important for pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to follow the “five rights” of medication use, which are the right patient, drug, dose, time, and route. Previous Topic Back to Lesson Next Topic