doi:urn:uuid:1a9c8cd07eb2a410VgnVCM200000d6c1a8c0RCRDAn Oregon hospital says last week's death of a patient who was given the wrong medication occurred because of the error of a hospital pharmacy worker who inadvertently filled an IV bag with the wrong drug.Fox Business...
nurse-reported rationing and assessment of working environment. The mean level of all patient satisfaction factors was close to 4, indicating that on average patients reported to be very satisfied with the nursing care they received (see Table2). ...
They rated the occurrences of patients receiving the wrong medication or dose and nosocomial infections [43] on a 4-point scale ranging from “never” to “frequently”. 30-day mortality was measured from death records (which identify patient death within 30 days of admission [44]). 7.3. ...
A patient on the brink of death has received the world’s first self—contained artificial heart—a battery—powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires,tubes sticking out of the chest.It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that ...
Medications In this category, patients described prescription medications that appeared active but that the patient was no longer taking, new prescription medications that the patient was taking but that were missing, and wrong dosages (Table 3). Occasionally, patients reported finding medication not ...
Second,Washington State's Death with Dignity Act (2008)similarly permits terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. Third, inBaxter v. Montana(2009), the Montana Supreme Court ruled that although the state constitut...
She was doing fine when I left her.” This patient had seizures again overnight, and the cross-covering intern had to spend substantial time reviewing the medical record to determine the patient's new medication regimen, results of recent imaging studies, and the best course of action, rather...
MedicationErrorsAmedicationerroroccurswhenanyofthefollowingactionsaretaken:AdrugisgiventothewrongpatientThewrongdrugisgivenThedrugisgivenatthewrongtimeThewrongdoseisgivenThewrongdatawasdocumented9/19 “SixRights”ofDrugAdministration1.Rightdrug:knowdrugyouaregiving2.Rightdose:knowdosagecalculations3.Rightroute:knowth...
Lack of interoperability (i.e., the ability to share a patient’s health information electronically between healthcare providers) can affect the quality of care received. However, much of the existing research was done from the viewpoint of healthcare staff rather than from patients themselves. ...
“Dr ___ put the wrong medication on my prescription. The pharmacist caught it, but…” (care and treatment) Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PACU, postanesthesia care unit; RN, registered nurse. a Complaints were categorized into 34 specific types under 6 major categories: care...