Seema Jaitly defines what constitutes a medication error and explains the process for accurate recording and reporting so that risks can be assessed and reduced ...

The migraine I'd been suffering for two weeks was nothing compared to the searing pain that suddenly shot through the left side of my head as I lay sleeping in bed one night. It was a pain as ...

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has sanctioned several Iowa pharmacists for medication-dispensing errors and other alleged ...

According to a new report in the journal Pediatrics, most medication errors made in children happen between the ages of 3 and ...

A patient being treated for a brain bleed at St. Mary Medical Center last fall was given more than twice the necessary amount of an anti-blood clot medication after a nurse incorrectly reported their ...

Emerging technologies have been recommended as potential mechanisms for reducing medication errors. Critical evaluations of the impact of these new technologies on medication errors and other ...

A study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from the ...

Objective: To systematically review empirical evidence on the prevalence and nature of medication administration errors (MAEs) in health care settings. Data Sources: Ten electronic databases ...

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital has lacked adequate pharmacy staffing for years, resulting in harmful medication errors, according to the Asheville Watchdog. After Andrea Leone, PharmD ...