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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The consequences can be fatal: almost 55,000 people die each year in Brazil, the equivalent of six per hour, due to medical errors. The data come from a survey by the Institute of Supplementary Health ...
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 ...
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 ...