Medication Errors: A 21st-Century Perspective

Medication errors: a 21st-century perspective.

A 21st-Century Perspective

I nformation continues to accumulate, at an increasingly rapid pace, about the complex processes and mechanisms underlying the genesis and maintenance of child and adolescent forms of mental disorder. Our major goal for this, the third edition of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology—in chapters written by international experts on the topics of interest—is to present current information, particu...

World blindness: a 21st century perspective.

Historical perspective At this time, the real start of the new century let alone the new millennium, it is a good time to reflect on where we have been in terms of the prevention of blindness and where we are going. Most of us could watch the dawn break on the new millennium, but there were another 45 million around the world who could not see it because they were blind, and another 135 million...

A 21st Century Perspective of Poliovirus Replication

Poliovirus is the etiologic agent of poliomyelitis, an acute flaccid paralysis affecting 1%–2% of infected patients and, on rare occasions, causing death by paralyzing muscles that control the throat or breathing. A striking feature of infection is lifelong disabilities that may affect survivors of the acute disease. Transmitted by the fecal—oral and oral—oral route, this virus (three serotypes...

Factors Affecting Medication Errors from Nurses' Perspective: Lessons Learned

Introduction: Medical errors are among the most threatening faults against patient’s safety in all countries. The most frequent medical errors are medication errors which can lead to serious effects and even death in patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explain factors affecting medication eroors from the viewpoints of nurses in order to present strategies to reduce these errors. Methods:...