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PREVENTING MEDICATION ERROR BASED ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AGAINST ADVERSE EVENT

Jurnal Ners, 2017
Introductions: Medication error is one of many types of errors that could decrease the quality and safety of healthcare. Increasing number of adverse events (AE) reflects the number of medication errors.
Apriyani Puji Hastuti, Nursalam Nursalam, Mira Triharini   +2 more
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Macrodrip infusion dose error among nurses

Sahel Medical Journal, 2022
Background: Infusions must be administered as prescribed as too fast or slow a dose could have deleterious effects. Objectives: This study examined the risk for macrodrip infusion dose error among nurses in selected tertiary hospitals in southern Nigeria.
Chinemerem Eleke, Ifeyinwa S Agu, Sabinah Ngbala-Okpabi, Esther N Bempong-Eleke   +3 more
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Identifying the Factors Affecting the Incidence of Medication Errors of Nurses in Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2021
Background: Medication errors are one of the major causes of injury to patients while receiving medical care. This study aimed  to investigate the effective causes of medication errors in nurses in educational hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University ...
Ali Reza Yusefi, Parnian Nikmanesh, Zahra Kavosi, Ahmad Sadeghi   +3 more
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Medication administration error and contributing factors among pediatric inpatient in public hospitals of Tigray, northern Ethiopia

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, Mebrahtu Abay, Lidiya Tsegay, Hadgu Gerensea, Awoke Kebede, Hafte Teklay   +5 more
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Proportion of medication error reporting and associated factors among nurses: a cross sectional study

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.
Abebaw Jember, Mignote Hailu, Anteneh Messele, Tesfaye Demeke, Mohammed Hassen   +4 more
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High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process

BMC Health Services Research, 2011
Background Medication errors have been reported to be a leading cause of death in hospitalized patients. In this study we focused on identifying and quantifying errors in the handwritten drug ordering and dispensing documentation processes which could ...
Röder Christoph, Staub Lukas P, Hartel Maximilian J, Eggli Stefan   +3 more
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Analisis Medication Error di Instalasi Farmasi Rawat Jalan RSPAD Gatot Soebroto Jakarta Pusat

Jurnal Manajemen dan Pelayanan Farmasi, 2023
Medication errors (MEs) have an impact on drug service inaccuracies and endanger patients at risk through a variable number of accidents, so it is necessary to conduct different methods and definitions study.
Ayyoehan Tiara Annisa, Nanang Munif Yasin, Susi Ari Kristina   +2 more
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Vertical gaze palsy due to medication error

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017
We present a teenage boy with recent onset of seizures, who was erroneously treated with a large dose of an antiseizure medication as a result of drug mix-up.
Shishir Rao, Meghan Harper-Shankie, Rajkumar Agarwal   +2 more
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Investigating Medication Errors in Educational Health Centers of Kermanshah [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2014
Background and objectives : Medication errors can be a threat to the safety of patients. Preventing medication errors requires reporting and investigating such errors. The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating medication errors in
Mohsen Mohammadi, Mohammad Mahboubi, Arash Akbarzadeh, Mahmoud Kazemi, Hadis Mohammadi, Ahad Bakhtiari, Farnoosh Shafapey, Nastaran Amani, Seyedeh HodaMousavi   +8 more
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Exploration of Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Barriers towards Medication Error Reporting in a Tertiary Health Care Facility: A Qualitative Approach

Pharmacy, 2018
Medication error reporting (MER) is an effective way used to identify the causes of Medication Errors (MEs) and to prevent repeating them in future. The underreporting of MEs is a challenge generally in all MER systems.
Eman Ali Dyab, Ramadan Mohamed Elkalmi, Siti Halimah Bux, Shazia Qasim Jamshed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source