Medication errors occur throughout the medication use process and carry the potential to cause severe patient harm. 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 ...
Medication Errors in Healthcare 来自 Springer 喜欢 0 阅读量: 6 作者:M Ro,D Degnan,J Hertig 出版社: Springer, Cham 摘要: Medication errors occur throughout the medication use process and carry the potential to cause severe patient harm. This chapter discusses various types of medication errors,...
This research examines the issue of medication errors in health care institutional settings. Recent high profile cases of death and serious but lesser harm stemming from medication errors have alarmed the general public and prompted calls for corrective action (Altman C1; Brink 53; Cowley, Rosenberg...
Although medication-related adverse events (MRAEs) in health care are vastly studied, high heterogeneity in study results complicates the interpretations o
Although numerous studies on nudge interventions to reduce medication errors had been published [7, 8], the acceptability of these nudge interventions in a healthcare setting, particularly in an Asian context, has not been adequately studied. Acceptability of a nudge intervention is of paramount ...
Most errors can be attributed to theperformance deficitof a health care professional,meaning that the professionalpossesses the knowledge and trainingto carry out his or her duty but fails todo so.4Breakdowns in communicationamong health care team members alsocan be a problem. These include the use...
Informa HealthcareUpsala Journal of Medical SciencesZakharov S, Tomas N, Pelclova D. Medication errors--an enduring problem for children and elderly patients. Upsala journal of medical sciences. 2012; 117 (3): 309-17.Zakharov S, Tomas N, Pelclova D. Medication errors--an enduring problem ...
Objective: Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare providers about Medication errors. Method: It was a KAP survey conducted with the help of specially designed and pre-validated questionnaire. Doctors', nurses' and pharmacists' awareness and perception about Medication errors were ...
Ethiopia; 2Jimma University, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma, Ethiopia Background: A number of studies indicated that prescribing errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) are frequent and lead to patient morbidity and mortality, increased length of stay, and substantial extra ...
Medication errors specific to home care include taking the wrong dose or quantity of medications, omitting medications, or taking an unauthorized drug. This article includes information regarding types of errors, contributing factors, and potential solutions to the identified problems. 关键词: Humans Med...