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A retrospective study on prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of transcribing error: analysis of data from the National Medication Error Reporting System in Malaysia [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground Medication errors (MEs) represent avoidable harm that occurs within the healthcare system. While most MEs do not pose significant safety threats, some can result in severe harm, disability, or even death for patients.
Norazida Ab Rahman +6 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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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.
Christian Boxley +3 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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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 Introduction: Pediatric patients cared for in professional healthcare settings are at high risk of medication errors. Interventions to improve patient safety often focus on prescribing; however, the subsequent stages in the medication use process ...
Joachim A. Koeck +6 more
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Medication Error at the Prescribing Phase
Jurnal Info Kesehatan, 2021 Medication errors are accidental failures in a therapeutic process that lead to and have the potential to cause or harm the patient. Medication errors can endanger patient safety, inconvenience and economic burdens.
Devi Ristian Octavia +3 more
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Investigating the Usefulness of a New Electronic Error- Reporting System in Medical Error Management in the Shohadaye Haftom Tir Hospital in 2019-2020 [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2022 Introduction:Providing health services in medical centers is associated with risks and medical errors for recipients. In many cases, despite medical experts’ ethical and professional commitment to disclose errors, the error report among treatment staff ...
Shirin Nasrolahnejhad Tasouj +4 more
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Medication Errors and its Contributing Factors among Midwives [PDF]
Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2016 Introduction: Medication errors are among the most serious health errors threatening patient safety in all countries, with major impacts on public health. Midwives as members of healthcare systems are prone to such errors.
Fatemeh zahra Karimi +7 more
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Epidemiology of medical error [PDF]
Western Journal of Medicine, 2000 Newspaper and television stories of catastrophic injuries occurring at the hands of clinicians spotlight the problem of medical error but provide little insight into its nature or magnitude.1 Clinicians, patients, and policymakers may underestimate the magnitude of risk and the extent of harm.
N Saul Weingart +3 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2023 Background Paediatric patients are prone to medication errors, and only a few studies have explored errors in high-alert medications in children. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and nature of medication errors involving high-alert ...
Sini Kuitunen +3 more
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