Adverse drug event (ADE): An injury resulting from the use of a medication. Medication error: An error that occurs during the process of selecting, prescribing ...

Users can use infusion pumps in a traditional manner by programming a volume to be infused and a rate, or they can infuse the medication by ... that incorporate error-reduction systems.

Preventable patient harm remains a pressing issue in healthcare, with medication errors posing a significant threat. These ...

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 ...

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 ...