Patient participation in medication safety during an acute care admission

Literature review: medication safety in acute care in Australia

Professional errors and patient safety in intensive cardiac care unit:

Abstract Introduction: Use of progressive technology, clinical skills and caring methods appropriate to critical situations of patient in intensive Cardiac Care Unit is probably related to professional errors and disorder in patient safety. There is a little data about this subject. Objective: The aim of this study was to explore professional errors and patient safety in Cardiac Care Unit. Meth...

Progressive Care Nurses Improving Patient Safety by Limiting Interruptions During Medication Administration.

BACKGROUND Because of the high frequency of interruptions during medication administration, the effectiveness of strategies to limit interruptions during medication administration has been evaluated in numerous quality improvement initiatives in an effort to reduce medication administration errors. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based strategies to limit interruptions du...

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...

Patient preferences for participation in patient care and safety activities in hospitals

Background Active patient participation is a patient safety priority for health care. Yet, patients and their preferences are less understood. The aim of the study was to explore hospitalised patients' preferences on participation in their care and safety activities in Sweden. Methods Exploratory qualitative study. Data were collected over a four-month period in 2013 and 2014. Semi-structured...