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Understanding the Nature of Medication Errors in an ICU with a Computerized Physician Order Entry System [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: We investigated incidence rates to understand the nature of medication errors potentially introduced by utilizing a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system in the three clinical phases of the medication process: prescription ...
Bates, David W., Cho, Insook, Choi, Youn Jeong, Hwang, Mi Heui, Park, Hyeok   +4 more
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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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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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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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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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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature [PDF]

, 2018
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and ...
Aljadhey, Hisham, Aloudah, Nouf, Assiri, Ghadah, Grant, Elizabeth, Mahmoud, Mansour, Shebl, Nada, Sheikh, Aziz   +6 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 prescribing and administration errors. The main aim of this study was to measure the incidence of medication administration errors in nursing and residential homes
Nelson, Sara, Szczepura, Ala, Wild, Deidre, Wilde, P   +3 more
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Medication transcription errors in hospitalized patient settings: a consensual study in the Palestinian nursing practice

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Medication transcription errors (MTEs) are frequent in hospitalized patient settings. Definitions and scenarios that represent potential MTEs in the Palestinian nursing practice were not previously approached using formal consensus techniques.
Ramzi Shawahna, Abbas Abbas, Ameed Ghanem   +2 more
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