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Medication Errors in Obstetrics [PDF]

open access: possibleClinics in Perinatology, 2008
The findings highlighted in this article suggest that obstetricians and perinatologists face several challenges for safe medication use during pregnancy. Furthermore, evidence of in-hospital medication errors from obstetric services has been provided by national medication error data voluntarily submitted from many hospitals.
Rodney W. Hicks   +3 more
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Medical error and disclosure

2013
Errors occur commonly in healthcare and can cause significant harm to patients. Most errors arise from a combination of individual, system, and communication failures. Neurologists may be involved in harmful errors in any practice setting and should familiarize themselves with tools to prevent, report, and examine errors. Although physicians, patients,
Thomas H. Gallagher, Andrew A. White
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Managing Medical Errors

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, 2009
A patient with severe arthritis of the hip and shortening of the ipsilateral extremity undergoes hip replacement surgery with correction of the limb-length discrepancy. At the time of the postoperative examination, he is found to have a complete foot drop.
James D. Capozzi, Rosamond Rhodes
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Medication Errors in the LDRP

AWHONN Lifelines, 2004
Medication errors are perhaps the most common type of error occurring in health care settings; the effects of these types of errors span the gamut from no harm to death. It's widely held today that the majority of errors result from latent errors within a complex health care system, rather than from individual clinician performances. Open discussion of
Rodney W. Hicks   +3 more
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Prevention of Medication Errors

Clinics in Perinatology, 2005
Medication error is the most frequent source of medical error that is associated with adverse events, and, in many cases, is preventable. Medication errors can occur at any step in the medication process. Medication error prevention and reduction begins with a systematic approach to their detection.
George R. Kim, Christoph U. Lehmann
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Reducing medication errors

Nursing Standard, 2014
Most nurses are involved in medicines management, which is integral to promoting patient safety. Medicines management is prone to errors, which depending on the error can cause patient injury, increased hospital stay and significant legal expenses.
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Medication Administration and Errors

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2010
MEDICATION ERRORS STILL occur in the perianesthesia setting as in all clinical settings. One nurse accidentally administered a potassium minibag via an epidural catheter by connecting to a Y port. The patient received the whole dose before the nurse later realized she had connected the infusion to the epidural tubing.
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Confronting Medical Error

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2020
A new book makes the case for ‘a culture shift of epic proportions.’
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ERRORS OF MEDICAL STUDIES

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1960
With an increasing number of new chemical and biological preparations on the market, the screening of some 50,000 chemicals for cancer annually, the development of new dosage recommendations for older pharmacological products, and the relentless effort to discover causes of disease, the medical profession is faced with the problem of having to rely on ...
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Counting Errors: Medication or Medical?

Anesthesiology, 2016
Christine S. Park   +2 more
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