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Factors causing medication errors in an electronic reporting system
Nursing Open, 2021 Aim To analyse medication error data from a hospital's electronic reporting system and identify the factors affecting error types and harmfulness. Design A retrospective study.
Seonhee Yoon, Kyeongyae Sohng
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Case report of a medication error
Medicine, 2016 The World Health Organisation recognizes confusing drug names as one of the most common causes of medication errors. Other factors include spelling, phonetic, or packaging similarities.We presented a case report of an inadvertent administration of a non-ocular pharmaceutical product (Novasone lotion) into the eye of an octogenarian individual, and ...
Naunton, Mark +4 more
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Errors and discrepancies in the administration of intravenous infusions: a mixed methods multihospital observational study [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Intravenous medication administration has traditionally been regarded as error prone, with high potential for harm. A recent US multisite study revealed few potentially harmful errors despite a high overall error rate.
Bates, David W. +13 more
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Reporting of Medical Errors in Autopsied Cases
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017 This report describes the cases autopsied at B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences- Nepal, during the period of two years in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard practice causing the death of the patient. Postmortem examination provides an opportunity to find out the actual cause of death in which the cause of death is ...
Bikash, Sah +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background The aim of the third WHO challenge released in 2017 was to attain a global commitment to lessen the severity and to prevent medication-related harm by 50% within the next five years.
Agani Afaya +2 more
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Applying Quality Improvement methods to address gaps in medicines reconciliation at transfers of care from an acute UK hospital [PDF]
, 2016 © Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited.Objectives Reliable reconciliation of medicines at admission and discharge from hospital is key to reducing unintentional prescribing discrepancies at transitions of healthcare.
Bell, D +5 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionMedication errors in nursing negatively affect the quality of the provided health-treatment services and society’s mentality about the health system, threatening the patient’s life. Therefore, this study evaluates medication errors in nursing
Abdolreza Gilavand +2 more
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A systematic review of the nature of dispensing errors in hospital pharmacies [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Dispensing errors are common in hospital pharmacies. Investigating dispensing errors is important for identifying the factors involved and developing strategies to reduce their occurrence. Objectives: To review published studies exploring the
Aldhwaihi, Khalid +3 more
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Reporting and Disclosing Medical Errors [PDF]
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2007 To characterize pediatricians' attitudes and experiences regarding communicating about errors with the hospital and patients' families.Cross-sectional survey.St Louis, Mo, and Seattle, Wash.University-affiliated hospital and community pediatricians and pediatric residents.Anonymous 68-item survey (paper or Web-based) administered between July 2003 and ...
Jane, Garbutt +9 more
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A Survey of Nurses' Perceptions of the Causes of Medication Errors and Barriers to Reporting in Hospitals Affiliated to Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2014 Background & Aims: Administration of medications is an important part of treatment. Reporting of medication errors by nurses maintains patient safety and the lack of appropriate reporting can cause serious problems in health systems.
Bahram Hesari +4 more
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