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Background Children wit h chronic conditions often have complex medication regimens, usually adminis-tered at home by their parents. Objective To describe the types of medication errors in the homes of children with chronic conditions. Methods Our home visit methods include direct obser-vation of administration, medication review and prescrip-tion dose checking. Parents of children with sickle cell disease and seizure disorders taking daily medications were recruited from paediatric subspecialty clinics from November 2007 t o April 2009. Potential errors were reviewed by two physicians who made judgements about whether an error had occurred or not, and its severity