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Systematic Analysis of Medication Errors in an Indian Context Using the Swiss Cheese Model [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Systems Thinking in Practice
In the past two decades, medication error have grown in India. During the recent time the work on medication error in Indian context focusing the Swiss cheese model is limited.
Vrashal Verma   +2 more
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Applicability of drug-related problem (DRP) classification system for classifying severe medication errors

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Several classification systems for medication errors (MEs) have been established over time, but none of them apply optimally for classifying severe MEs.
Carita Linden-Lahti   +3 more
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Medical history, medication use and physical activity in adults in their eighth and ninth decade of life in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

open access: yesEXCLI Journal : Experimental and Clinical Sciences, 2022
While there are many known health benefits to maintained physical activity levels in late adulthood, there have been very few studies that have considered relationships between morbidity profile and physical activity in the eighth decade of life.
Gregorio Bevilacqua   +6 more
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DRUG ADMINISTRATION: A SYSTEMIC VIEW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICATION ERROR PREVENTIVE ACTIONS [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2004
The drug administration is a very frequent activity of a hospital routine in general, as well as of itsnursing team. However studies have shown the need to implement strategies to prevent or to mitigate errors foundin this pratice.
Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani   +1 more
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Quality improvement of the medication system in a long-term care facility: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study [PDF]

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
Objective: To describe the implementation of a quality improvement intervention for the medication system of a large not-for-profit long-term care facility (LTCF) and evaluate its effectiveness.
Ana Ludmila Santos Plauska   +4 more
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Facilitators and Barriers to Safe Medication Administration to Hospital Inpatients: A Mixed Methods Study of Nurses' Medication Administration Processes and Systems (the MAPS Study). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Research has documented the problem of medication administration errors and their causes. However, little is known about how nurses administer medications safely or how existing systems facilitate or hinder medication administration; this represents a ...
Monsey McLeod   +2 more
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Instrumentation in medical systems [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings Particle Accelerator Conference, 2002
The demand for clinical use of accelerated heavy charged particle (proton and light-ion) beams for cancer treatment is now burgeoning worldwide. Clinical trials are underway at more than a dozen accelerators. Several hospital-based accelerator facilities dedicated to radiation treatment of human cancer have been constructed, and their number is growing.
openaire   +2 more sources

Treatment Patterns, Effectiveness, and Safety of Originator Insulin Glargine versus Insulin Glargine-yfgn within the Veterans Health Administration

open access: yesPharmacoepidemiology
We described insulin glargine (originator) and insulin glargine-yfgn (biosimilar) treatment patterns, assessed effectiveness and safety outcomes, and identified reasons for switching back to the originator product from the biosimilar.
Samantha Walczuk   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

MEDICATION SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF AN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2004
The medication errors can bring serious consequences to patients, professionals andhealthcare institutions, they have multiple causes, amongst them failures related to theprofessionals and related to the medication system.
Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva
doaj  

Diabetes medication recommendation system using patient similarity analytics

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a medical condition in which oral medications avail to patients to curb their hyperglycaemia after failed dietary therapy. However, individual responses to the prescribed pharmacotherapy may differ due to their clinical
Wei Ying Tan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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