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Patient safety in Europe: medication errors and hospital-acquired infections [PDF]
, 2008 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).
Smith, L.N. +3 more
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Nature and frequency of medication errors in a geriatric ward: an Indonesian experience [PDF]
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2014 Desak Ketut Ernawati,1,2 Ya Ping Lee,2 Jeffery David Hughes21Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia; 2School of Pharmacy and Curtin Health Innovation and Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA, AustraliaPurpose: To ...
Ernawati DK, Lee YP, Hughes JD
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Latent preconditions of medication administration errors: development of a proactive error-management tool [PDF]
, 2008 latrogenic injury has been found to occur in around 10% of UK hospital admissions, equating to the harm of approximately 850,000 patients each year.
Carruthers, Samantha Jane
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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 ...
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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.
Stanton, Neville A. +5 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.
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 +5 more
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The complexity of late medication errors [PDF]
, 2022 The medication administration process is complex and frequently leads to errors. Medication errors have a global impact of over $42 billion annually, and in the US an impact of over $21 billion annually. Medication errors have been researched for over 20
Estes, Carey J. +1 more
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An exploration of the factors contributing to paramedic medication errors in the pre-hospital environment [PDF]
, 2023 Medication errors represent a significant issue in terms of patient safety. While there is a significant body of evidence regarding medication errors in the hospital environment, there is currently limited research on medication errors in the pre ...
Walker, Dennis Rodney
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