Reports of Weakening Accidents, Increased More Than 160% Over the Last Five Years...Prescription step 71.5% occurred
Sep 30, 2025
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Pharmaceutical high school refers to cases in which unwanted damage occurs due to side effects, negligence, mistakes, immune responses, and specific reactions that may occur during the use of drugs. The main types include prescription, preparation, coefficient, medication, and medication errors.
According to the data submitted by Seo Young-seok (Democratic Party of Korea), a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee, on the 30th, 4,325 cases of weakening reported in 2020 were recorded, slightly reduced to 4,198 in 2021, but increased 160.3% over five years to 6,412 cases in 2022, 10,89 cases in 2023, and 11,257 cases in 2024.
When classified by stages of prescription, preparation, and medication, 25,933 (71.5%) out of a total of 36,281 cases were reported to have occurred in the prescription stage during the same period, followed by 6,903 cases (19.0%), 2,637 cases (7.3%) in the preparation stage, and others (drug guidance, side effects, drug identification, storage, etc.).
By nursing institution, out of the total number of reports, 15,711 (43.3%) were the highest in clinics. Reports of parliamentary weakening accidents increased by 3,182.5% from 177 in 2020 to 5,810 in 2024. It was followed by 7,364 general hospitals (20.3%), 5,683 pharmacies (15.7%), and 3,532 advanced general hospitals (9.7%).
Of the 36,281 total reports of weakening accidents, 48 were deaths, up from two in 2020 to 11 in 2024. By stage of occurrence, there were 35 cases of medication, 10 cases of prescription, and 1 case of preparation, side effects and monitoring, and 25 cases of general hospitals, 21 cases of senior general hospitals, and 1 case of hospital and nursing hospitals by nursing institution.
Representative Seo Young-seok said, "The surge in the number of reports since safety accident reports changed from voluntary to partial obligations may actually be on the rise, but hidden accidents seem to have been officially detected." "Through these reports, it is also necessary to devise customized safety measures to prevent accidents in areas where there are many reports of weakening accidents by stages and nursing institutions." he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
