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Nurses’ perceptions of medication administration safety in public hospitals in the Gauteng Province: A mixed method study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Limited data on factors perceived to impact on medication administration errors and possible solutions to such errors in low- and middle-income settings like South Africa is available. Methods: A mixed-methods research design was used.
Alwiena J. Blignaut, Siedine K. Coetzee, Hester C. Klopper, Suria M. Ellis   +3 more
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The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study)

npj Digital Medicine, 2023
Digital transformation in healthcare improves the safety of health systems. Within our health service, a new digital hospital has been established and two wards from a neighbouring paper-based hospital transitioned into the new digital hospital.
Teyl Engstrom, Elizabeth McCourt, Martin Canning, Katharine Dekker, Panteha Voussoughi, Oliver Bennett, Angela North, Jason D. Pole, Peter J. Donovan, Clair Sullivan   +9 more
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Medication Safety: Experiential Learning for Pharmacy Students and Staff in a Hospital Setting

Pharmacy, 2016
Medication Safety has been an established pharmacy specialty in Australian hospitals since the early 2000s and is now one of the ten Australian hospital accreditation standards.
Linda V. Graudins, Michael J. Dooley
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Understanding medication safety involving patient transfer from intensive care to hospital ward: a qualitative sociotechnical factor study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To understand the sociotechnical factors affecting medication safety when intensive care patients are transferred to a hospital ward.
Darren M Ashcroft, Denham L Phipps, Mark Jeffries, Richard S Bourne, Jennifer K Jennings, Franki Wilson, Emma Boxall, Helen March   +7 more
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Geriatric pharmacotherapy : optimisation through integrated approach in the hospital setting [PDF]

, 2016
Since older patients are more vulnerable to adverse drug-related events, there is a need to ensure appropriate prescribing in these patients in order to prevent misuse, overuse and underuse of drugs.
A Corsonello, A Jha, A Leendertse, A Somers, A Somers, A Somers, A Spinewine, A Spinewine, A Spinewine, American Geriatrics Society, B Basger, B Berenguer, B Lund, B Strom, B Tangiisuran, C Lindley, C Naugler, C Rancourt, C Scullin, C Zhan, D Classen, E Hajjar, G Batty, G Ellis, G Onder, G Onder, G Onder, G Onder, H Beijer, H Hamilton, I Eland, J Hanlon, J Hanlon, J Klopotowska, J Lazarou, J Schnipper, J Wolfstadt, K Perehudoff, K Schmader, L Leape, M Beers, M Laroche, M O’Connor, M Passarelli, M Petrovic, M Petrovic, M Pirmohamed, M Steinman, NS Wenger, P Bemt van den, P Gallagher, P Gallagher, P Lampela, P McLeod, P Rochon, R Cipolle, R Page, S Holt, S Kaur, S Kucukarslan, S Rognstad, T Field, T Field, W Winit-Watjana   +63 more
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USE OF SAFETY BARRIERS IN THE PREPARATION OF VASOACTIVE DRUGS AND SEDATIVES/ANALGESICS IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to analyze the use of safety barriers in the preparation of vasoactive drugs and sedatives/analgesics. Method: quantitative study, with 204 observations during the preparation of medications in a Pediatric ...
Carla Susana Martinez Julca, Patrícia Kuerten Rocha, Andreia Tomazoni, Bruna Figueiredo Manzo, Sabrina de Souza, Jane Cristina Anders   +5 more
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Medication safety for intensive care patients transferring to a hospital ward: A Hierarchical Task Analysis

Human Factors in Healthcare, 2022
Aims and objectives: To identify the task steps involved in intensive care patients transferring to a hospital ward and their potential for human errors, and to prioritise areas to improve medication safety. Background: Intensive care patients recovering
Richard S Bourne, Denham L Phipps, Jennifer K Jennings, Emma Boxall, Franki Wilson, Helen March, Darren M Ashcroft   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Errors and discrepancies in the administration of intravenous infusions: a mixed methods multihospital observational study [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction Intravenous medication administration has traditionally been regarded as error prone, with high potential for harm. A recent US multisite study revealed few potentially harmful errors despite a high overall error rate.
Bates, David W., Blandford, Ann, Chumbley, Gillian, Cox, Anna, Dykes, Patricia C., Franklin, Bryony Dean, Furniss, Dominic, Galal-Edeen, Galal H., Iacovides, Ioanna, Lyons, Imogen, Mayer, Astrid, Schnock, Kumiko O., Vos, Jolien, Wei, Li   +13 more
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Análisis bibliométrico de los sistemas de medicación hospitalarios

Ars Pharmaceutica
Resumen Objetivo: Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica sobre los sistemas de medicación hospitalaria en bases de datos internacionales. Método: Estudio descriptivo transversal. Los datos se obtuvieron de las bases de datos MEDLINE (PubMed)
Benjamín Palomo-Llinares, Ruben Palomo-Llinares, Javier Sanz-Valero   +2 more
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Outcome of involuntary medication in a state hospital system

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1991
Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the course of involuntarily administered medication in a state hospital population. Method: The authors retrospectively examined the records of all 51 involuntarily medicated patients in six state hospitals in New York City in a single calendar year.
Cournos, Francine, McKinnon, Karen M., Stanley, Barbara H.   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources