Drug prescription support in dental clinics through drug corpus mining [PDF]
The rapid increase in the volume and variety of data poses a challenge to safe drug prescription for the dentist. The increasing number of patients that take multiple drugs further exerts pressure on the dentist to make the right decision at point-of ...
Goh, Wee Pheng +5 more
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Evaluation of medication errors in pediatric patients using antibiotics
Background. Medication errors are frequently seen in pediatric patients. Medication error studies on pediatric cases were found to not only be limited but also the collaboration of clinical pharmacists and physicians on this topic was not ...
Nesligül Özdemir +6 more
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Most common inappropriate drug usage factors in anthelmintic treatment on sheep farms in Latvia [PDF]
Background and Aim: There is little understanding about antiparasitic drug prescription trends and implementation to reduce possible drug overuse or misuse worldwide. This study aimed to review sheep parasite control strategies and antiparasitic drug use
Līga Kovaļčuka +4 more
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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature [PDF]
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and ...
Aljadhey, Hisham +6 more
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Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system—A survey of users [PDF]
Introduction Drug confusion is thought to be the most common type of dispensing error. Several strategies can be implemented to reduce the risk of medication errors. One of these are alerts in the pharmacy information system.
Borgsteede, S.D. (Sander) +5 more
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Applying hierarchical task analysis to medication administration errors [PDF]
Medication use in hospitals is a complex process and is dependent on the successful interaction of health professionals functioning within different disciplines.
Harrison, DJ, Lane, R, Stanton, NA
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A systematic review of the nature of dispensing errors in hospital pharmacies [PDF]
Background: Dispensing errors are common in hospital pharmacies. Investigating dispensing errors is important for identifying the factors involved and developing strategies to reduce their occurrence. Objectives: To review published studies exploring the
Aldhwaihi, Khalid +3 more
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Seyoum Hailu Department of Anesthesiology, Dilla University, Dilla, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Seyoum Hailu, Email seyoumhailu44@gmail.comBackground: The practice of anesthesiology needs an anesthetist to administer multiple potent drugs with high accuracy ...
Hailu S
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A survey of Top 200 Drugs—Inconsistent Practice of Drug Strength Expression for Drugs Containing Salt Forms [PDF]
Many ionizable drugs are developed and marketed as salt forms. However, there are no clear US regulatory guidelines on drug strength labeling for salts. The strengths of some drugs are expressed as salts and some as free acids/bases.
Prohotsky, Daniel, Zhao, Fang
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Drug Dose Calculator Application to Prevent Medication Errors
As a part of the essentials in achieving patient safety, medication errors are one of the most financially detrimental problems in the treatment process faced by health institutions.
Mayang Indah Lestari +3 more
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