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BMC Nursing, 2018 Background A medication error (ME) is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Voluntary reporting has a principal role in appreciating the extent and impact of medication errors.
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Evaluation of Medication Error Incident Reports at a Tertiary Care Hospital. [PDF]
Pharmacy (Basel), 2020 Background: Medications errors (MEs) have been a major concern of healthcare systems worldwide. Voluntary-based incident reporting is the mainstay system to detect such events in many institutions.
Aseeri M +4 more
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A text mining approach to categorize patient safety event reports by medication error type [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Patient safety reporting systems give healthcare provider staff the ability to report medication related safety events and errors; however, many of these reports go unanalyzed and safety hazards go undetected.
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The Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Error Prevention [PDF]
JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1999 BACKGROUND Medication errors are common, and while most such errors have little potential for harm they cause substantial extra work in hospitals. A small proportion do have the potential to cause injury, and some cause preventable adverse drug events.
D. W. Bates +7 more
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Medication error awareness among health care providers in Palestine: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional observational study [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2022 Background: Increased awareness among healthcare professionals regarding medication errors and the establishment of a medication error reporting system can significantly reduce the prevalence of medication errors.
Abdallah Damin Abukhalil +3 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Medication administration error is a medication error that occurs while administering a medication to a patient. A variety of factors make pediatrics more susceptible to medication errors and its consequences.
Zeray Baraki +5 more
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Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016 Epinephrine plays an integral role in the treatment of several life treating diseases. It can be administered at different doses and through different routes of administration. Nebulized L-epinephrine has been described as a safe treatment method.
Halise Akça +3 more
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Patterns of medication errors involving pediatric population reported to the French Medication Error Guichet [PDF]
Pharmacy Practice, 2021 Background: Medication error is a global threat to patient safety, particularly in pediatrics. Yet, this issue remains understudied in this population, in both hospital and community settings.
Christine Azar +8 more
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Medication error rates in Iranian hospitals: a meta-analysis [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground and aim Medication errors (MEs) in hospitals decrease patient satisfaction, increase hospital mortality, lower hospital productivity, and increase in the costs of the health system.
Parvaneh Isfahani +7 more
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Medication error in anaesthesia and critical care: A cause for concern
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2010 Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus operandi are the main contributory factors to it.
Dilip Kothari +3 more
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