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Comparison of serious inhaler technique errors made by device-naïve patients using three different dry powder inhalers: a randomised, crossover, open-label study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Serious inhaler technique errors can impair drug delivery to the lungs. This randomised, crossover, open-label study evaluated the proportion of patients making predefined serious errors with Pulmojet compared with Diskus and Turbohaler dry ...
A Palander, A Papi, Anne Burden, AS Melani, BL Laube, Catherine Hutton, D Price, D Price, D Price, D Price, David B. Price, Dawn Shan, E Mehuys, Erika Sims, F Lavorini, F Yildiz, Federico Lavorini, GK Crompton, GN Rootmensen, H Al-Jahdali, H Chrystyn, Henry Chrystyn, IA Basheti, J Haughney, J Haughney, J Palen van der, J Steier, JC McElnay, JC Virchow, JL Rau, John Efthimiou, John Haughney, KG Nielsen, L Borgstrom, M Molimard, M Molimard, M Moller, M Schulte, MA Crane, Mathieu Molimard, MS Blaiss, Nicolas Roche, PN Dekhuijzen, RA Al-Showair, S Verver, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, SP Newman, SZ Bosnic-Anticevich, V Giraud, V Giraud, V Giraud, W Azouz, Y Aydemir   +52 more
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High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Medication errors have been reported to be a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients. In this study we focused on identifying and quantifying errors in the handwritten drug ordering and dispensing documentation processes which could ...
Eggli, Stefan, Hartel, Maximilian Johannes, Röder, Christoph, Staub, Lukas P   +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 (Versão em Português), 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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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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Redesigning the 'choice architecture' of hospital prescription charts: a mixed methods study incorporating in situ simulation testing. [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: To incorporate behavioural insights into the user-centred design of an inpatient prescription chart (Imperial Drug Chart Evaluation and Adoption Study, IDEAS chart) and to determine whether changes in the content and design of prescription ...
Bicknell, C, Charani, E, Darzi, A, Franklin, BD, Gilchrist, M, Jabbar, A, King, D, Miller, G, Vlaev, I, Wu, Z   +9 more
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Applying human factors principles to alert design increases efficiency and reduces prescribing errors in a scenario-based simulation [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To apply human factors engineering principles to improve alert interface design. We hypothesized that incorporating human factors principles into alerts would improve usability, reduce workload for prescribers, and reduce prescribing errors.
Chen, Siying, Daggy, Joanne K., Doebbeling, Bradley N., Hawsey, Jason M., Johnson, Elizabette G., McAnas, M. Sue, Melton, Brittany L., Puleo, Anthony G., Russ, Alissa L., Russell, Scott A., Saleem, Jason J., Spina, Jeffrey R., Weiner, Michael, Zillich, Alan J.   +13 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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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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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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