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Medication Distribution in Hospital: Errors Observed X Errors Perceived

Scientific Electronic Archives, 2013
: The aim of the present study was to compare errors committed in the distribution of medicationsat a hospital pharmacy with those perceived by staff members involved in the distributionprocess.
G. N. Silva, M. A. R. Rissato, N. S. Romano-Lieber   +2 more
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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.
Neil A Caldwell, Don K Hughes
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Medical Errors and Patient Safety: A Curriculum Guide for Teaching Medical Students and Family Practice Residents

MedEdPORTAL, 2005
This resource is a curriculum guide designed to teach medical students and family practice residents about medical errors and patient safety—a glaring deficit in medical education.
Joseph Halbach, Laurie Sullivan
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Systematic review of the safety of medication use in inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [PDF]

, 2018
Background Errors in medication use are a patient safety concern globally, with different regions reporting differing error rates, causes of errors and proposed solutions.
Abu Yassin, Abushaiqa, Ackroyd-Stolarz, Al Anany, Al Anazi, Al Hamid, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Odhayani, Al Rahbi, Al Shahaibi, Al-Arifi, Al-Arifi, Al-Dhawailie, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hussein, Al-Jazairi, Al-Jeraisy, Al-Khani, Al-Olah, Al-Omar, Al-Rashdi, Al-Rowibah, Al-Tajir, Alakhali, Alanazi, Albarrak, Alghamdy, Aljadhey, Aljadhey, Aljadhey, Aljamal, Allan, Almazrou, Alshaikh, Alsulaimi, Altebenaui, American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel, Arabi, Aseeri, ASHP, Bates, Bryony Dean Franklin, Cohen, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dibbi, Elnour, Ferner, Fick, Flynn, Flynn, Gandhi, Ghaleb, Ghaleb, Hemida, Hepler, Hisham Saad Aljadhey, Hooper, Insley, Irshaid, Jamilah Alsaidan, Jane Portlock, Jha, Jha, Kaushal, Kheir, Khoja, Landis, Lisby, Mahmoud, McLeod, McPhillips, Mendonca, Miller, Mitwally, Morimoto, Morimoto, Nada Atef Shebl, Naranjo, Nebeker, Neville, Rancourt, Rashed, Rashed, Rehmani, Sadat-Ali, Shaughnessy, Sonallah, WHO, World Bank   +95 more
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Safety of medication use in primary care [PDF]

, 2015
© 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.BACKGROUND: Medication errors are one of the leading causes of harmin health care. Review and analysis of errors have often emphasized their preventable nature and potential for reoccurrence.
Abramson, Abramson, Adubofour, Ahmad, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Alldred, Alldred, Aronson, Aronson, Ashcroft, Avery, Avery, Avery, Barber, Bayoumi, Berner, Bernstein, Beso, Boockvar, Boockvar, Booij, Braund, Bregnhoj, Britt, Brown, Buurma, Campbell, Carruthers, Chen, Chua, Coleman, Dallenbach, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean Franklin, Dean Franklin, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Devine, Dhabali, Eslami, Field, Fischer, Flynn, Gagne, Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, Garfield, Ghaleb, Ginzburg, Glassman, Green, Gurwitz, Hazlet, Howard, Hume, Humphries, Hämmerlein, Janice O. Olaniyan, Kaushal, Kaushal, Kennedy, Khoja, Knudsen, Knudsen, Kohn, Kuo, Lafata, Lasser, Leape, Lemer, Lewis, Lisby, Lopez-Picazo, Lynskey, Maisoon Ghaleb, Martínez Sánchez, Marwaha, Miller, Moniz, Nanji, Nemeth, Norden-Hagg, Palen, Paul Robinson, Pirmohamed, Raebel, Reason, Royal, Runciman, Sarvadikar, Sayers, Shah, Singh, Soraya Dhillon, Sorensen, Stefanovic, Sweidan, Szczepura, Tam, Tamblyn, Teinilä, Thomsen, Varkey, Vincent, Warholak, Wetzels, Wild, Wong, World Health Organisation   +113 more
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Association between workarounds and medication administration errors in bar-code-assisted medication administration in hospitals [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To study the association of workarounds with medication administration errors using barcode-assisted medication administration (BCMA), and to determine the frequency and types of workarounds and medication administration errors.
Bates, David W, de Gier, Johan J, Taxis, Katja, Twisk, Jos W R, van den Bemt, Patricia M L A, van der Veen, Willem, Wouters, Hans   +6 more
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Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care [PDF]

, 2011
Background Older people in long-term residential care are at increased risk of medication errors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a computerised barcode medication management system designed to improve drug administrations in residential and ...
A Szczepura, A Szczepura, AA Vogelsmeier, AD Biron, Ala Szczepura, B Dean, C Bowman, C Ryan, Care Quality Commission, CC Stuijt, Commission for Social Care Inspection, Commission for Social Care Inspection, Deidre Wild, Department of Health, E Manias, EA Flynn, EG Poon, FI Tang, G Onder, GR Whitman, H Cohen, H Patel, HJ Hamilton, HM Young, Hospital Episode Statistics, J Greenall, J Lunn, J Reason, J Snowdon, JA Stokes, JH Gurwitz, JI Westbrook, JT Hanlon, KM Stratton, KN Barker, L Forsetlund, L Furniss, L Yourman, LA Eisenhauer, M Armutlu, MC Balas, MM Fry, MS Thomson, National Patient Safety Agency, ND Barber, Office for National Statistics, P Gallagher, P Potter, PM van den Bemt, RD Paoletti, RM Preston, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, S Kaur, S Rognstad, SA Pearson, Sara Nelson, SC Frazier, SW Jones, TH Vinks, TM Pape, V Emanuel, W Simonson   +61 more
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Improving accuracy of medication identification in an older population using a medication bottle color symbol label system

BMC Family Practice, 2011
Background The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate and refine an adjuvant system of color-specific symbols that are added to medication bottles and to assess whether this system would increase the ability of patients 65 years of age or older in ...
Cardarelli Roberto, Mann Christopher, Fulda Kimberly G, Balyakina Elizabeth, Espinoza Anna, Lurie Sue   +5 more
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Applying hierarchical task analysis to medication administration errors [PDF]

, 2006
Medication use in hospitals is a complex process and is dependent on the successful interaction of health professionals functioning within different disciplines.
Harrison, DJ, Lane, R, Stanton, NA
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Evaluation of the medication process in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2014
Objective: to meta‐analyze studies that have assessed the medication errors rate in pediatric patients during prescribing, dispensing, and drug administration.
Despina Koumpagioti, Christos Varounis, Eleni Kletsiou, Charalampia Nteli, Vasiliki Matziou   +4 more
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