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Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, 1996
A patient had inadvertently mistaken her son's diflorasone diacetate ointment for gentamicin sulfate ophthalmic ointment and applied it to her eye in error. Although no serious consequences resulted from the instillation of the topical corticosteroid, this incident provides another example of mistaken medication tubes.
Camille A. Servodidio, David H. Abramson
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A patient had inadvertently mistaken her son's diflorasone diacetate ointment for gentamicin sulfate ophthalmic ointment and applied it to her eye in error. Although no serious consequences resulted from the instillation of the topical corticosteroid, this incident provides another example of mistaken medication tubes.
Camille A. Servodidio, David H. Abramson
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Antiretroviral Medication Errors in a National Medication Error Database
AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2005Antiretroviral medications have reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV. In contrast to these benefits, medication errors involving antiretrovirals represent opportunities for causing harm. We analyzed 400 medication errors that involved at least one single or combined HIV antiretroviral product that had been reported to a national ...
Jennifer Gray +2 more
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Hematology, 2005
AbstractFollowing the 2000 report of the Institute of Medicine, To Err Is Human, which documented that as many as 98,000 people in this country die of medical errors every year, medical, hospital, and governmental agencies began to consider changes in hospital systems.
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AbstractFollowing the 2000 report of the Institute of Medicine, To Err Is Human, which documented that as many as 98,000 people in this country die of medical errors every year, medical, hospital, and governmental agencies began to consider changes in hospital systems.
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Pediatrics In Review, 2020
1. Sophie K. Shaikh, MD, MPH* 2. Sarah P. Cohen, MD*,† 1. *Department of Pediatrics and 2. †Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC Medical errors are alarmingly frequent, with as many as 250,000 deaths per year being attributable to medical error.
Shaikh, Sophie K, Cohen, Sarah P
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1. Sophie K. Shaikh, MD, MPH* 2. Sarah P. Cohen, MD*,† 1. *Department of Pediatrics and 2. †Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC Medical errors are alarmingly frequent, with as many as 250,000 deaths per year being attributable to medical error.
Shaikh, Sophie K, Cohen, Sarah P
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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2010
PurposeHealthcare risk epidemiology identifies medication error as the commonest cause of adverse effects on patients. Medication error can occur at any phase of the complex medication process so prevalence rates need to be estimated at each drug treatment phase: prescription, transcription and administration along with their clinical repercussions ...
María Esther Durán García +5 more
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PurposeHealthcare risk epidemiology identifies medication error as the commonest cause of adverse effects on patients. Medication error can occur at any phase of the complex medication process so prevalence rates need to be estimated at each drug treatment phase: prescription, transcription and administration along with their clinical repercussions ...
María Esther Durán García +5 more
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Emergency Nurse, 2007
The authors of this study wanted to test their idea that, because medication errors are common in EDs and because there can be large variations in child ren's weight, such errors are more likely to occur among paediatric patients.
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The authors of this study wanted to test their idea that, because medication errors are common in EDs and because there can be large variations in child ren's weight, such errors are more likely to occur among paediatric patients.
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JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 1986
What is appropriate disciplinary action for medication errors? Believing the severity of the error is a critical factor in determining disciplinary actions, we developed a tool to assess medication error severity. The El Dorado Medication Error Tool (EDMET) is objective and simple to use.
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What is appropriate disciplinary action for medication errors? Believing the severity of the error is a critical factor in determining disciplinary actions, we developed a tool to assess medication error severity. The El Dorado Medication Error Tool (EDMET) is objective and simple to use.
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American Journal of Medical Quality, 2001
This article describes initiatives one institution developed to improve systems for detecting and preventing adverse medication events. Our discussion focuses on issues regarding the frequency and incidence of medication errors, the trials of traditional versus anonymous incident reporting, and the efforts to improve systems rather than placing blame ...
Steven D'Amato +2 more
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This article describes initiatives one institution developed to improve systems for detecting and preventing adverse medication events. Our discussion focuses on issues regarding the frequency and incidence of medication errors, the trials of traditional versus anonymous incident reporting, and the efforts to improve systems rather than placing blame ...
Steven D'Amato +2 more
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The American Journal of Nursing, 1953
inform the pilot and have him deliver the message via the aircraft radio to the nearest appropriate ground radio facility, indicating the emergency or urgent nature of the message. Occasionally, the air force is called on to transport civilian patients.
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inform the pilot and have him deliver the message via the aircraft radio to the nearest appropriate ground radio facility, indicating the emergency or urgent nature of the message. Occasionally, the air force is called on to transport civilian patients.
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Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 2006
Medical errors in the general medical sector result in significant patient deaths and injuries, as well as high costs to the health care system. Despite the growing literature on errors in medical and surgical specialties, few studies have examined the incidence, nature, predictors, and prevention of errors that may occur in mental health treatment ...
Steven C. Marcus, Sara B. Nath
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Medical errors in the general medical sector result in significant patient deaths and injuries, as well as high costs to the health care system. Despite the growing literature on errors in medical and surgical specialties, few studies have examined the incidence, nature, predictors, and prevention of errors that may occur in mental health treatment ...
Steven C. Marcus, Sara B. Nath
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