216 Medication Errors in Paediatrics: PAtient, Pill and Process

[Medication errors in paediatrics: in search of a new vaccine].

Medicine in the twenty-first century cannot be understood without drugs: without them there is no cure, and with them we have to confront prescribing errors and adverse drug reactions. In 2005 the Spanish government instigated the National Study of Adverse Effects (ENEAS) connected with hospitalisation. It showed that almost 10% of the patients admitted to hospital suffered an iatrogenic advers...

Patient safety and medication errors

The morbidity and mortality of drug-related problems has most recently been estimated to cost $177.4 billion annually within the United States alone. Empirical investigations have also suggested that almost one-fifth of all medical errors are drug-related within hospital settings, with over half of these being of a preventable nature. As such, minimizing medication errors has emerged as a prior...

Medication errors and the home care patient.

Medication errors specific to home care include taking the wrong dose or quantity of medications, omitting medications, or taking an unauthorized drug. This article includes information regarding types of errors, contributing factors, and potential solutions to the identified problems.

The medication process in a psychiatric hospital: are errors a potential threat to patient safety?

PURPOSE To investigate the frequency, type, and potential severity of errors in several stages of the medication process in an inpatient psychiatric setting. METHODS A cross-sectional study using three methods for detecting errors: (1) direct observation; (2) unannounced control visits in the wards collecting dispensed drugs; and (3) chart reviews. All errors, except errors in discharge summa...

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