Systematic review of the safety of medication use in inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [PDF]
Background Errors in medication use are a patient safety concern globally, with different regions reporting differing error rates, causes of errors and proposed solutions.
Abu Yassin+95 more
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Background Several classification systems for medication errors (MEs) have been established over time, but none of them apply optimally for classifying severe MEs.
Carita Linden-Lahti+3 more
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Methods for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during admission medication reconciliation using complete medication history continue to evolve.
Victoria Vargas+5 more
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Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care [PDF]
Background: Older people in long-term residential care are at increased risk of medication prescribing and administration errors. The main aim of this study was to measure the incidence of medication administration errors in nursing and residential homes
Nelson, Sara+3 more
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Investigating the Factors Affecting the Occurrence and Reporting of Medication Errors from the Viewpoint of Nurses in Sina Hospital, Tabriz, Iran [PDF]
Background and objectives: Medication errors can cause serious problems to patients and health system. Initial results of medication errors increase duration of hospitalization and costs.
Massumeh gholizadeh+4 more
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Modeling Accuracy and Variability of Motor Timing in Treated and Untreated Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Controls [PDF]
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by difficulty with the timing of movements. Data collected using the synchronization–continuation paradigm, an established motor timing paradigm, have produced varying results but with most studies finding ...
Claassen, Daniel O+7 more
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Background Smart infusion pumps with dose error reduction software can be used to prevent harmful medication errors. The aim of this study was to develop a method for defining and assessing optimal dosing limits in a neonatal intensive care unit’s smart ...
Sini Kuitunen+4 more
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Pharmaceutical Care Training Increases the Ability Pharmacists to Reduce the Incidence of Medication Error [PDF]
The objective of the study was to know the potential incidence of medication errors before and after the training of pharmaceutical care in the Outpatient Pharmacy Unit of general privat hospital in rural area of Yogyakarta. The observational studi used
Akrom, A. (Akrom)+2 more
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Gambaran medication error pada fase prescribing dan administrasi pada pengobatan stroke di IGD Rumah Sakit X di Yogyakarta [PDF]
Stroke merupakan keadaan gawat darurat yang memerlukan penanganan dengan cepat dan tepat di IGD, namun kenyataannya sering dilaporkan kejadian medication error (ME) di IGD. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menentukan gambaran kejadian ME di IGD rumah sakit
Akrom, Akrom, Jatiningrum, A, Tomi, Tomi
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Medical errors in neurosurgery
Medical errors cause nearly 100,000 deaths per year and cost billions of dollars annually. In order to rationally develop and institute programs to mitigate errors, the relative frequency and costs of different errors must be documented. This analysis will permit the judicious allocation of scarce healthcare resources to address the most costly errors ...
Rolston, John+5 more
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