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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Safety of medication use in primary care [PDF]
, 2015 © 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.BACKGROUND: Medication errors are one of the leading causes of harmin health care. Review and analysis of errors have often emphasized their preventable nature and potential for reoccurrence.
Abramson +113 more
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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature [PDF]
, 2018 © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and ...
Aljadhey, Hisham +6 more
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Medication errors are NOT uncommon [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2001 Editor,—We welcome the coverage given to the major, and potentially fatal, problem of medication errors within managed health care.1 We disagree, however, with the key message that medication errors are uncommon . They are endemic, extremely common, overlooked and often ignored.
Neil A Caldwell, Don K Hughes
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Accidental IV administration of epinephrine instead of midazolam at colonoscopy
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2016 Drug administration errors appear to be a major source of iatrogenic harm to hospitalized patients. They often, particularly in the case of epinephrine, have catastrophic consequences both for the patient and the well-meaning provider.
Ahmed Gado, Basel Ebeid, Anthony Axon
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Quality of medication use in primary care - mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature [PDF]
, 2009 Background: The UK, USA and the World Health Organization have identified improved patient safety in healthcare as a priority. Medication error has been identified as one of the most frequent forms of medical error and is associated with significant ...
A Hassey +54 more
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Reasons of Nurses’ Medication Errors and Persepectives of Nurses on Barriers of Error Reporting [PDF]
حیات, 2012 Background & Aim: Administration of medications is an important part of treatment and care provided by nurses. Medication errors can create serious problems to patients and health system.
Nader Mahdavi +2 more
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