of the adoption of the BPC in the prevention of medication errors, an integrative literature review was carried out based on the following question: What is the impact of the implementation and use of the Barcode Point Of Care system in the prevention of medication errors in a hospital setting...
Administering errors. These errorsencompass the wrong drug, thewrong patient, and the wrongroute. A common error in hospitalsinvolves patient-controlled analgesiapumps. Although the advantageof the pump is the ability ofthe patient to obtain the rightdose, if the pump has not beenprogrammed correctl...
The purpose of this study was to explore intravenous (IV) medication errors in a Chinese hospital. The specific objectives were to 1) explore and measure t... Q Ding,KN Barker,EA Flynn,... - 《Value in Health Regional Issues》 被引量: 4发表: 2015年 Medication Safety in the Operating ...
Studies have found that a third or more of medication errors involve the incorrect dose being administered (LaPointe and Jollis, 2003; Tang et al, 2007). Nurses must be cautious when reading the patient’s medication chart. ...
Background: Improved understanding of medication-prescribing errors should be useful in the design of error prevention strategies. Objective: To report analysis of a 9-year experience with a systematic program of detecting, recording, and evaluating medication-prescribing errors in a teaching hospital. ...
Background An accurate medication list at hospital admission is essential for the evaluation and further treatment of patients. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency, type and predictors of errors in medication history, and to evaluate the extent to which standard care corrects ...
In the hospital, ask (or have a relative or friend ask) the name and purpose of each drug you are given. Be sure to tell your doctor the names of all the prescription and non-prescriptiondrugs,dietary supplements, and herbal preparations you are taking every time he or she writes you ...
AIMS: To assess the prevalence and characteristics of medication errors at hospital admission and discharge in people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and identify potential risk factors for these errors. METHODS: This prospective observational study included all people with Type 1 (n=163) and Ty...
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In Ethiopia, the prevalence of medication prescribing errors in the ICU has not previously been studied. Objective: To assess medication prescribing errors in the ICU of Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH), Southwest Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the ICU of ...