This chapter discusses various types of medication errors, methods of detection, components of error, and strategies for risk mitigation. Terminology frequently used in medication safety such as "adverse drug event," "adverse drug reaction," and "near miss" or "close call" is defined, and James...
Learning from medication errors in healthcare: how to make medication error reporting systems work? 3 AR Holmstrm 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 [Prevention of medication errors in healthcare transition of patients treated with apomorphine]. The transition of patients between different levels of care proces...
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but in developing countries like India, it is just a term and its significance is undervalued. The incidence of medication error is essential to estimate the proper medical care provided in the healthcare system.
Results: Response rate amongst healthcare providers was satisfactory. Doctors' knowledge and practice were significantly higher compared to the nurses and the pharmacists. Their perception when analyzed, revealed that most of the participants consider medication error as an important problem which can be...
2) [25]. Medication errors were defined as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is controlled by the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer” [38]. In addition to incident reports describing MEs reaching the ...
Medication errors are common throughout healthcare and result in significant human and financial cost. Prospective studies suggest that the error rate in a... RJ Glavin - 《British Journal of Anaesthesia》 被引量: 79发表: 2010年 Incidence of anesthesia-related medication errors over a 15-year ...
error. Incident reporting by health care professionals in this study indicated that unintentional harm caused due to medication administration errors and even near misses can affect thehealth careprofessional involved in error emotionally, increasing their risk of becoming the second victim," Mahat says....
Now more than ever, healthcare professionals are working hard and burning the candle at both ends. Employee burnout and workplace stress are at least as common in healthcare as in other fields. These can lead to negligence, carelessness, and forgetfulness as staff members are simply overwhelmed...
The impact of formal nursing education and nursing experience on medication errors made by nurses in the hospital setting The occurrence of medication errors is a problem that is common to health care systems worldwide. There has been countless research performed to try to det... SM Bumgarner -...