Workarounds to barcode medication administration systems: their occurrences, causes, and threats to patient safety. Ideally, BCMAs help confirm the five "rights" of medication administration: right patient, drug, dose, route, and time. While BCMAs are reported to ... Koppel,Wetterneck,Telles,....
Several cars explored the same off-the-beaten-track route, but the journey soon became bumpier because of the bad, hilly road conditions. Enter a group of 15 Chinese men who approached the stranded vehicles and told the passengers to wait while they set to work. Armed with a backhoe to ex...
We certainly don’t want all our good doctors taking that route. Other careers lure them, like business or administration, to give them better control over time for their personal lives. Doctors say they would work more years if they could work part time, have more...
medication rights for the same reasons we respect people's right to give (or refuse to give) informed consent to treatment. Despite being the most comprehen- sive argument in favour of self-medication written to date, Flanigan's Pharmaceuti- cal Freedom leaves a number of questions unanswered...
However, once we choose to go down this route we are immediately confronted with the problem of determining what counts as "analogous evidence", which turns out to be far from easy. To illustrate, one option would be to try and compare the drug poisoning rates in countries with stringently ...
In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much1done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were2at that time. But one thing was3, my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who4children wi...
art therapy, and equine therapy. These treatments can help address the mind, body, and spirit, making the recovery process more fulfilling and tailored to individual needs. For those seeking a non-traditional route, holistic and alternative therapies can be a valuable component of their recovery ...
than a few trips back and forth. Hell, lamps took up all of one trip entirely. On top of that, movers turned out to be out of our budget because closing costs were an extra $5K above what we’d planned for (see tip #1 above), so we had to go the U-Haul-and-friends route. ...
I still went the goods route (I never ever won with that, but I have faith that someday I will) and lost by 20-30 points or so. Still, I enjoyed the game. However, that was the only game I got to play that day. Tuesday - I played Onirim with a friend, but we didn...
MedicationErrorsAmedicationerroroccurswhenanyofthefollowingactionsaretaken:AdrugisgiventothewrongpatientThewrongdrugisgivenThedrugisgivenatthewrongtimeThewrongdoseisgivenThewrongdatawasdocumented9/19 “SixRights”ofDrugAdministration1.Rightdrug:knowdrugyouaregiving2.Rightdose:knowdosagecalculations3.Rightroute:knowth...