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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.
N A, Caldwell, D K, Hughes
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Medical errors in neurosurgery

Surgical Neurology International, 2014
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, Zygourakis, Corinna, Han, Seunggu, Berger, Mitchel, Parsa, Andrew, Lau, Catherine   +5 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.
, Weingart, , McL Wilson R, , Gibberd, , Harrison   +3 more
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Medication error with methotrexate

Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
A woman in her seventies presented to the accident and emergency department (A&E) with shortness of breath that had increased over a period of three weeks. She had a history of COPD, hypertension and polymyalgia rheumatica. A medication error involving methotrexate, used for autoimmune diseases, was discovered during her medical history review.The ...
Maren Wennberg, Husby, Lars Petter Bache-Wiig, Bjørnsen, Arve, Jørgensen, Tone Merete, Lassen, Dag, Jacobsen, Lars Erik, Laugsand   +5 more
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Preventing Medication Errors in Paediatrics: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Clin Med Insights Pediatr
Singh N, Silburn A.
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Tackling medication errors: how a systems approach improves patient safety. [PDF]

Eur J Hosp Pharm
Guntschnig S, Barbosa R, Jenzer H, Greening M, Hayde J, Heery H, Iglesias Serrano MC, Lajtmanová K, Rossin E, Tentova-Peceva S, Kohl S, Mulac A.   +11 more
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Application of digital and intelligent intervention in medication errors of metformin after CTA examination. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Zhao T, Xu Y, Li H, Gu Q, Shi M, Liu Y, Wu M.   +6 more
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An assessment of medication errors and associated factors to strengthen patient safety practices in a tertiary hospital in Cameroon. [PDF]

Ther Adv Drug Saf
Signang AN, Mobit MO, Shee TY, Heerden JV.   +3 more
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Medical Errors

AMA Journal of Ethics, 2002
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Causes of medication errors in community pharmacies: A meta-ethnography and systematic review. [PDF]

PLoS One
El Hajj MS, Robinson-Barella A, Husband A, Todd A.   +3 more
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