This tracer took place in a large urban teaching hospital located in a Southeastern state. During the course of the tracer, the surveyor met with pharmacy staff, nursing staff, and the hospital's patient safety staff. During the tracer, the surveyor focused some discussion around the issue of...
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Next month, the justices will hear arguments over whether a federal law on emergency treatment at hospitals must include abortions, even in states that have otherwise banned them. The scene outside the Supreme Court was lively Tuesday morning, with demonstrators occupying the streets surrounding the...
High-alert medications are drugs bearing a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error [12]. In paediatric hospitals, high-alert medications have been associated with more serious harm to patients when compared with other drugs [13,14,15]. To manage medication...
Error-provoking conditions influencing administration errors included inadequate written communication (prescriptions, documentation, transcription), problems with medicines supply and storage (pharmacy dispensing errors and ward stock management), high perceived workload, problems with ward-based equipment (...
An electronic medication administration system is a solution that is typically used in hospitals and nursing homes to ensure smooth drug administration and improve safety. It usually serves as a prescription management platform helping healthcare organizations establish a streamlined prescription workflow, ma...
Medication administration is one of the most potentially dangerous tasks in hospitals. In recent years, the medical establishment has gained insight into the importance of environmental and ergonomic factors on patient safety. Limited data are available on how a standard designed medication room (MR) ...
Hospitals that purchase timolol ophthalmic solution should review their purchase history and check all storage locations (eg, pharmacy, overstock area, automated dispensing cabinets [ADCs]) to determine which formulation and corresponding NDCs are currently available. Verify that systems (eg, EHRs,...
The reality that medical treatment can harm patients is one that the healthcare community has had to come to terms with over recent years [1]. In particular, adverse events associated with medication appear among the chief causes of this harm while patients reside in hospitals [2] and are kn...
A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet may include multiple printers integr...