Patient safety: are we maximizing the potential of the pharmacist's role? [Editorial] [PDF]
Original article can be found at: http://www.medicinescomplete.com/journals/ijpp/current/ Copyright Pharmaceutical Press.Peer ...
Dhillon, S.
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Medication Administration Error Reporting Among Nurses: A Descriptive Qualitative Study [PDF]
Introduction Nurses are integral to the healthcare delivery team (multidisciplinary team). They are involved and play vital roles with responsibilities to ensure the quality of healthcare for their patients.
Dzidefo Tuvor +13 more
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Educating Pharmacy Students to Improve Quality (EPIQ) in Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy [PDF]
Objective. To assess course instructors’ and students’ perceptions of the Educating Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists to Improve Quality (EPIQ) curriculum. Methods.
Gilligan, Adrienne M. +9 more
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A Novel Method for Assessing Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in a Community Hospital [PDF]
The use of medications for hospitalized patients is universal, and unfortunately medication-related adverse outcomes are common. The accurate assessment of medication-related harm in hospitalized patients is foundational to the development of an ...
Patty, Christopher M.
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Can Patient Safety Incident Reports Be Used to Compare Hospital Safety? Results from a Quantitative Analysis of the English National Reporting and Learning System Data. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) collects reports about patient safety incidents in England. Government regulators use NRLS data to assess the safety of hospitals.
Athanasiou, T +5 more
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Teaching medical students to recognise and report errors [PDF]
Background Medical student error reporting can potentially be increased through patient safety education, culture change and by teaching students how to report errors. There is scant literature on what kinds of errors students see during clinical rotations.
Syed Umer Mohsin +2 more
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Patient safety in Europe: medication errors and hospital-acquired infections [PDF]
The Report was commissioned by the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) in November 2007 in order to support its policy statements on Patient Safety (June 2004).
Burke, J. +3 more
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Publicity and reports of behavioral addictions associated with dopamine agonists [PDF]
Background The development of behavioral addictions (BAs) in association with dopamine agonists (DAs, commonly used to treat Parkinson’s disease) has been reported.
Gendreau, Katherine E., Potenza, Marc N.
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Background Individual and organizational factors correlate with perceived barriers to error reporting. Understanding medication administration errors (MAEs) reduces confusion about error definitions, raises perceptions of MAEs, and allows healthcare ...
Myoung Soo Kim, Chul-Hoon Kim
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Medication errors and medication error reporting practices in Ghana: a systematic review
Background: Medication errors (MEs) and their underreporting compromise patient safety in Ghana, but the landscape of error types, reporting systems, and barriers has not been comprehensively synthesized.
Stephen Mensah Arhin +12 more
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