Factors associated with reported preventable adverse drug events: a retrospective, case-control study. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:634–40. CrossRef Upperman JS, Staley P, Friend K, Neches W, et al. The impact of hospital wide computerized physician order entry on medical errors in a ...
lacko medicationerrorrecordingandreportingsysteminthehospital(3.3%),non-signi canterrorreportingtohospitalauthoritiesandlacko appropriate eedback(3.1%),andlacko aclearde nition oramedicationerror(3%).Therewereboth ormalandin ormalreportingo medicationerrorsinthisstudy.Conclusions:Factorspertaining to management ...
The term “medication error” (ME) refers to treatment failure, which can result in death in the worst case [3, 4]. ME refers to a preventable event that may lead to inappropriate use of the drug or harm to the patient when the drug is under the control of the patient or the physic...
Standard 4 Medication Safety Case Study Medication errors are preventable and cause great harm to the patients and their families. Every year in Australian hospitals, medication errors occur as nurses do not follow the 9 rights of medication administration. The 9 rights are right patient, drug, ro...
3 performed a study based on 7794 anesthesiologist responses from two hospitals. They documented that the frequency of drug administration error (of any type) per anesthetic case was 0.0075 (0.75% or 1 per 133 anesthetics) with the two largest categories of errors involving incorrect doses (20%...
BMC Pediatrics (2023) 23:548 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04333-2 BMC Pediatrics RESEARCH Open Access Medication errors related to high‑alert medications in a paediatric university hospital – a cross‑sectional study analysing error reporting system data Sini Kuitunen1,2*,...
Medication errors have the potential to cause serious toxicity and hospitalization. This case report describes a 25-year woman who suffered serious side effects and was hospitalized after receiving intravenous ipratropium bromide/salbutamol. This was due to a medication error in its preparation and ...
error described in the case herein was identified before the patient commenced treatment with the incorrect drug, it highlights the ongoing need for vigilance with respect to LASA errors, as new drug pairs continue to be identified as potential and actual sources of error. The Slow-Na, Slow-K...
35 36 37 Results: At least one medication error was observed in every simulated case, and a 38 39 large magnitude or clinically significant error in 11 of 15 cases. Medication errors were 40 41 observed in 29% of 180 simulated medication administrations, 40% of which 42 considered to be ...
In addition, as one patient could make multiple medication errors, each medication error occurring during medication self-management within the period of study was considered as one medication error case. Then a patient who didn’t make a medication error during their hospitalization was considered ...