Medication errors (MEs) are harmful to patients during hospitalization, especially elderly patients. To reduce MEs, an integrated medication management (IMM) model was developed in a 2500-bed medical ...
We conducted an interrupted time-series study using the aggregated data of monthly admissions from two wards of a medical center, where one ward served as the intervention and the other served as the ...
After IMM model implementation, the mean number of ME reports increased (level change: 1.02, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.68 to 1.35, P < 0.001). The number of reports has shown a dramatic increase...
The IMM model improved patient safety and optimized medication utilization by increasing the reporting of MEs and decreasing the number of medications used....
The aim of the study was to identify the reasons for medication administration errors, describe the barriers in their reporting and estimate the number of reported medication administration errors....
Providing quality and safe healthcare is a key priority for all health systems. Medication administration error belongs to the more common mistakes committed in nursing practice. Prevention of medicat...
A descriptive and cross-sectional design was used for this study....
Sociological representative research was carried out using the standardized Medication Administration Error Survey. The research study involved 1205 nurses working in hospitals in the Czech Republic. ...
Among the most frequent causes of medication administration errors belong name (4.1 ± 1.4) and packaging similarity between different drugs (3.7 ± 1.4), the substitution of brand drugs by cheaper gene...
Patient safety training should take place at all levels of nursing education. The standardized Medication Administration Error survey is useful for clinical practice managers. It allows for the identi...
Intravenous medication errors are common in hospital settings particularly emergency department. This study aimed to determine intravenous medication preparation and administration errors, contributin...
A cross-sectional study using a structured, direct observation method was conducted. It was conducted with 23 emergency healthcare workers working in the emergency department of a university hospital ...
It was determined that the knowledge level of the emergency healthcare workers about intravenous medication administration was moderate, and the tendency mistakes regarding drug and transfusion applic...
It is important for patient safety to prevent medication errors by determining the factors affecting intravenous medication administration, tendency to make mistakes and knowledge levels, which are fr...
High-quality care during and after a medication process requires complete and accurate medication administration documentation. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers use barcode medication administration t...
The use of electronic systems in prescription is considered as the final solution to overcome the many problems of the paper transcription process, especially with the outbreak of Coronavirus needs mo...
This study is one of the systematic review studies that was conducted in 2021. In this study, searching for keywords such as E-Electronic Prescription, Patient safety, Medication Errors prescription, ...
Out of 110 selected studies after initial screening, only 16 articles were selected due to their relevance. Among the final studies, there was a significant heterogeneity. Only 6 studies were of good ...
Finally, e-prescribing seems to reduce the risk of medication errors and ADE. However, the studies differed significantly in terms of setting, design, quality and results. More randomized controlled t...
An error in the administration of an anaesthetic medication related to an automated dispensing cabinet resulted in a patient fatality and a highly publicised criminal prosecution of a healthcare worke...
Medication errors represent a significant challenge in healthcare, as they can lead to enduring harm for patients and impose substantial financial burdens on the healthcare system. To effectively miti...
The objective of this study was to assess medication errors in patients diagnosed with kidney diseases in Quetta, Pakistan. The research was conducted at the Balochistan Institute of Nephro-Urology Qu...
Among the 274 medication errors identified in the study, documentation errors accounted for 118 cases (12.06%), administration errors for 97 cases (9.91%), prescribing errors for 34 cases (3.47%), and...
In conclusion, this study determined that documentation errors were the most prevalent medication errors observed in patients with kidney disease in Quetta, Pakistan. Forgetfulness and duty shift were...
Medication errors [MEs] continue to be an area of concern both nationally and internationally....
Sixty-eight reflective summaries detailing reasons for medication errors completed by nurses at an Australian regional teaching hospital during a five-year period were analysed....
Fifteen codes emerged from the data that aligned to three main categories of the Human Factors Framework. They were: Individual characteristics such as inexperience, stress and lack of knowledge (5 co...
Provision of medicine information resources and management of nurses' workload as well as enhancing graduate nurse education with simulation of 'real life' clinical settings appear to be the main targ...
Preventing medication errors and improving patient safety in pediatric anesthesia are top priorities. This systematic scoping review was conducted to identify and summarize reports on medication error...
The databases: Cochrane, MEDLINE through PubMed, Embase, CINAHL through EBSCO, and PsycINFO were extensively searched from their inception to March 3, 2020. Error situations in pediatric anesthesia an...
Data were extracted from 39 publications. Dosing errors were the most commonly reported. Scenarios representing medication (n = 33) error situations in pediatric anesthesia and recommendations to elim...
Medication error situations that might occur in pediatric anesthesia and recommendations on how to eliminate/minimize medication errors were also qualitatively synthesized. Adherence to recommendation...
This study aimed to identify the relationships between medication errors and the factors affecting nurses' knowledge and behavior in Japan using Bayesian network modeling. It also aimed to identify im...
We used mixed methods. First, error events related to medications and related factors were qualitatively extracted from 119 actual incident reports in 2022 from the database of the Japan Council for Q...
There were 10 types of events related to medication errors. A five-layer flow model was created using Bayesian network analysis. The scenario analysis revealed that "failure to confirm the 5 rights," ...
s: This study provided an estimate of the effects of mitigating nurses' behavioral factors that trigger medication errors. The flow model itself can also be used as an educational tool to reflect on b...
