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Drug Dose Calculator Application to Prevent Medication Errors

JAI (Jurnal Anestesiologi Indonesia), 2022
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, Zulkifli Zulkifli, Rizal Zainal, Muhammad Imam Mulia   +3 more
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Errors in administration of intravenous drugs [PDF]

BMJ, 1995
EDITOR,—An audit to identify the type, rate, and potential severity of errors associated with medical and nursing staff administering intravenous drugs was carried out at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children over a four week period. The disguised observation technique was used, whereby the observer accompanied the person involved in preparing ...
M C, O'Hare, A M, Bradley, T, Gallagher, M D, Shields   +3 more
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Medication Reconciliation of Patients by Pharmacist at the Time of Admission and Discharge from Adult Nephrology Wards

Pharmacy
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of medication reconciliation by pharmacists at both admission and discharge in hospitalized patients with different kidney diseases.
Hossein Ahmadi, Yalda Houshmand, Ghanbar Ali Raees-Jalali, Iman Karimzadeh   +3 more
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Frequency, types, and potential clinical significance of medication-dispensing errors

Clinics, 2009
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Many dispensing errors occur in the hospital, and these can endanger patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of dispensing errors by a unit dose drug dispensing system, to categorize the most frequent types
Xavier Bohand, Laurent Simon, Eric Perrier, Hélène Mullot, Leslie Lefeuvre, Christian Plotton   +5 more
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Evaluation of the medication process in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Jornal de Pediatria, 2014
OBJECTIVE: to meta-analyze studies that have assessed the medication errors rate in pediatric patients during prescribing, dispensing, and drug administration.
Despina Koumpagioti, Christos Varounis, Eleni Kletsiou, Charalampia Nteli, Vasiliki Matziou   +4 more
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PATIENT SAFETY; INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE HOSPITAL ERRORS

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To evaluate practices regarding prevention of factors compromising patient safety such as drug errors, never events and critical incidence reporting. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Sana Abbas, Amjad Akram, Syed Hamid Ali Shah, Rashid Iqbal, Beenish Abbas, Uzma Urooj   +5 more
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DRUG-DISPENSING ERRORS IN THE HOSPITAL PHARMACY [PDF]

Clinics, 2007
To determine the dispensing error rate and to identify factors associated with them, and to propose prevention actions.A cross-sectional study focusing on the occurrence of dispensing errors in a general hospital in Belo Horizonte that uses a mixed system (a combination of multidose and unit dose systems) of collective and individualized dosing.A total
Anacleto, Tânia Azevedo, Perini, Edson, Rosa, Mário Borges, César, Cibele Comini   +3 more
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DDIEM: drug database for inborn errors of metabolism

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Background Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) represent a subclass of rare inherited diseases caused by a wide range of defects in metabolic enzymes or their regulation.
Marwa Abdelhakim, Eunice McMurray, Ali Raza Syed, Senay Kafkas, Allan Anthony Kamau, Paul N Schofield, Robert Hoehndorf   +6 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
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Drug Errors in Obstetric Anesthesia: A Narrative Review

Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care
The subspecialty of obstetric anaesthesiology is different from other subspecialties in anaesthesiology in that, at any point of time, two lives are at stake, making drug errors particularly critical.
Gegal Pruthi, Ankita Dey, Hemanthkumar Tamilchelvan, Sameer Kapoor, Kajal Jain, Shilpa V. Kasodekar, Anju Grewal   +6 more
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