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Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 2006
Medical errors in the general medical sector result in significant patient deaths and injuries, as well as high costs to the health care system. Despite the growing literature on errors in medical and surgical specialties, few studies have examined the incidence, nature, predictors, and prevention of errors that may occur in mental health treatment ...
Sara B, Nath, Steven C, Marcus
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Medical errors in the general medical sector result in significant patient deaths and injuries, as well as high costs to the health care system. Despite the growing literature on errors in medical and surgical specialties, few studies have examined the incidence, nature, predictors, and prevention of errors that may occur in mental health treatment ...
Sara B, Nath, Steven C, Marcus
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Emergency Nurse, 2007
The authors of this study wanted to test their idea that, because medication errors are common in EDs and because there can be large variations in child ren's weight, such errors are more likely to occur among paediatric patients.
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The authors of this study wanted to test their idea that, because medication errors are common in EDs and because there can be large variations in child ren's weight, such errors are more likely to occur among paediatric patients.
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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2010
PurposeHealthcare risk epidemiology identifies medication error as the commonest cause of adverse effects on patients. Medication error can occur at any phase of the complex medication process so prevalence rates need to be estimated at each drug treatment phase: prescription, transcription and administration along with their clinical repercussions ...
Ana Belén, Jiménez Muñioz +5 more
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PurposeHealthcare risk epidemiology identifies medication error as the commonest cause of adverse effects on patients. Medication error can occur at any phase of the complex medication process so prevalence rates need to be estimated at each drug treatment phase: prescription, transcription and administration along with their clinical repercussions ...
Ana Belén, Jiménez Muñioz +5 more
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2013
Errors occur commonly in healthcare and can cause significant harm to patients. Most errors arise from a combination of individual, system, and communication failures. Neurologists may be involved in harmful errors in any practice setting and should familiarize themselves with tools to prevent, report, and examine errors. Although physicians, patients,
Andrew A, White, Thomas H, Gallagher
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Errors occur commonly in healthcare and can cause significant harm to patients. Most errors arise from a combination of individual, system, and communication failures. Neurologists may be involved in harmful errors in any practice setting and should familiarize themselves with tools to prevent, report, and examine errors. Although physicians, patients,
Andrew A, White, Thomas H, Gallagher
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American Journal of Medical Quality, 2001
This article describes initiatives one institution developed to improve systems for detecting and preventing adverse medication events. Our discussion focuses on issues regarding the frequency and incidence of medication errors, the trials of traditional versus anonymous incident reporting, and the efforts to improve systems rather than placing blame ...
P M, Cox, S, D'Amato, D J, Tillotson
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This article describes initiatives one institution developed to improve systems for detecting and preventing adverse medication events. Our discussion focuses on issues regarding the frequency and incidence of medication errors, the trials of traditional versus anonymous incident reporting, and the efforts to improve systems rather than placing blame ...
P M, Cox, S, D'Amato, D J, Tillotson
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Medical Education, 2001
There is a growing public perception that serious medical error is commonplace and largely tolerated by the medical profession. The Government and medical establishment's response to this perceived epidemic of error has included tighter controls over practising doctors and individual stick-and-carrot reforms of medical practice.This paper critically ...
H, Lester, J Q, Tritter
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There is a growing public perception that serious medical error is commonplace and largely tolerated by the medical profession. The Government and medical establishment's response to this perceived epidemic of error has included tighter controls over practising doctors and individual stick-and-carrot reforms of medical practice.This paper critically ...
H, Lester, J Q, Tritter
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Nursing Standard, 2014
Most nurses are involved in medicines management, which is integral to promoting patient safety. Medicines management is prone to errors, which depending on the error can cause patient injury, increased hospital stay and significant legal expenses.
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Most nurses are involved in medicines management, which is integral to promoting patient safety. Medicines management is prone to errors, which depending on the error can cause patient injury, increased hospital stay and significant legal expenses.
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Medication Administration and Errors
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2010MEDICATION ERRORS STILL occur in the perianesthesia setting as in all clinical settings. One nurse accidentally administered a potassium minibag via an epidural catheter by connecting to a Y port. The patient received the whole dose before the nurse later realized she had connected the infusion to the epidural tubing.
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Medication Errors in Obstetrics
Clinics in Perinatology, 2008The findings highlighted in this article suggest that obstetricians and perinatologists face several challenges for safe medication use during pregnancy. Furthermore, evidence of in-hospital medication errors from obstetric services has been provided by national medication error data voluntarily submitted from many hospitals.
Toni A, Kfuri +3 more
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Prevention of Medication Errors
Clinics in Perinatology, 2005Medication error is the most frequent source of medical error that is associated with adverse events, and, in many cases, is preventable. Medication errors can occur at any step in the medication process. Medication error prevention and reduction begins with a systematic approach to their detection.
Christoph U, Lehmann, George R, Kim
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