medication error?

hi, i'm a nursing student wondering about how to prevent medication error.

what have you seen worked very well reducing meds error and what not. any specific tools/ways you use to reduce meds errors?

i've read a few articles about medication error. grissinger & kelly said in their article 7,000 people die each year because of medication error (grissinger, m. c. & kelly, k., 2005). that is a lot, and i wouldn't want to make a mistake. please give me some advice (i.e. tools, ways, and/or your stories about how you made an error, what should be done to prevent it, and/or what should be done to prevent the future occurrence (if it's ok with you)) for me to avoid making medication errors in clinical and after graduation!

thank you!

reference:

fields, m. (2005). intravenous medication safety system averts high-risk medication errors and provides actionable data. nursing administration quarterly, 29(1), 78-87.

grissinger, m. c. & kelly, k. (2005). reducing the risk of medication errors in women. journal of women's health, 14(1), 61-7.