Purpose: Processes that pharmacists can use to identify high-risk areas and drugs that require special focus in error-prevention efforts are discussed, with emphasis ...
Medication errors and adverse events are not uncommon, and they seem to be happening with increasing frequency. Experts outlined four ways dentists can help prevent patient harm from medications in ...
Schools are under an incredible strain to simply educate children -- let alone medicate them -- so it’s hardly surprising that dispensing drugs at school leads to an alarming number of errors. The ...
Some nurses will also leave extra infusions at the bedside so they can be spiked and hung by any nurse entering the room. ISMP recently spoke to a hospital nurse working in a location where the ...
Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, ...
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medications specifically made for adults and administered to children in health care facilities are putting young patients at greater risk ...
Medical errors in health facilities are now the third leading cause of death in the United States. Only heart disease and cancer take more lives annually, according to researchers at John Hopkins ...
ATLANTA - Take this in - every two minutes someone calls Poison Control because of a medication error. Every two minutes. It's a deadly problem that's getting worse ...
The frequency of medication errors among children who take drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reported to US poison control centers ...
More, and brighter lighting may help nurses prevent medication errors, according to a recent thesis from the Netherlands. In the study, nurses who had either nearsightedness or the normal visual ...
Through a personal experience in her own life, Mandi Hall, a Microsoft senior user researcher, came to learn about the high rate of preventable medical errors in the US. The instances of medication ...