The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...
Psychological distress is the most common negative outcome experienced by healthcare professionals after making medication errors, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
ISMP identifies common GLP-1 medication errors pharmacists must know to improve safety amid rising diabetes and obesity treatment use.
Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...
At the Patient Safety Movement Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), shared a list of the nine most common medical errors in the United States. Addressing ...
Pharmacists have warned that drug interactions, wrong prescriptions and poor collaboration among healthcare professionals are major factors driving medication errors in hospitals across Nigeria. The ...
A team of researchers says it has developed the first wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence, detects potential errors in medication delivery. In a test, the video ...
A new report from Griffith University has found that fragmented medication systems in Australian aged care are driving high rates of medication discrepancies and avoidable hospital admissions—costing ...
John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...