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Medicines reconciliation is a way to identify and act on discrepancies in patients’ medical histories and it is found to play a key role in patient safety.
Maja H. Michaelsen +3 more
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Assessment of Medication Errors at King Khalid Hospital in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia
Background: Medication errors (MEs) are one of the common types of medical errors that have a significant effect on a patient’s health and contribute to mortality and morbidity.
Mhdia Elhadi Osman +6 more
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Background: Medication error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Disclosure of medication errors and improvement of patient safety are inexorably related, and they provide one of the ...
Mohammad H. Alyami +5 more
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ON THE IMPACT OF DRUG NAMES AND LABELS ON THE RISK OF MEDICATION ERRORS
In this article authors analyze the influence of a label on drugpackage on the risk of medication errors and propose methods of their prevention.Analysis of the corresponding data published by regulators EMA and FDA hasprovided an opportunity to find ...
R. N. Alyautdin +3 more
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Background: Increased awareness among healthcare professionals regarding medication errors and the establishment of a medication error reporting system can significantly reduce the prevalence of medication errors.
Abdallah Damin Abukhalil +3 more
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Improving Intravenous Medication Administration and Reducing Medication Errors Among Critical Care Nurses at Jordan University Hospital [PDF]
Background: Medication errors represent a serious problem in the hospital setting and remain a challenge to navigate among hospitalized patients in all departments. Mistakes in medication administration are considered a significant issue that threatens a
Mahmoud Shahin
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Medication Errors: Resources for Practice
The process of giving medication in an acute care hospital is an example of chaos principles. Each medication order, dispensing, administration and monitoring, and evaluation is unique.
Angela Smith Collins
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MEDICATION ERRORS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN MOHAMED V MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL, RABAT, MOROCCO
Medication errors (MEs) are preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. Annually 98,000 patients die because of avoidable MEs, and it is considered a financial burden on public health organizations.
Youssef Moutaouakkil +6 more
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DRUG ADMINISTRATION: A SYSTEMIC VIEW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICATION ERROR PREVENTIVE ACTIONS [PDF]
The drug administration is a very frequent activity of a hospital routine in general, as well as of itsnursing team. However studies have shown the need to implement strategies to prevent or to mitigate errors foundin this pratice.
Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani +1 more
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Nurses’ experiences and perceptions of medication administration errors [PDF]
Background and objective: Medication administration errors are the most common medical errors that happen in hospital settings. This study aimed to find out the most common types of medication administration errors done by the hospital nurses and ...
Newroz Ghazi Aziz +2 more
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