aHRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, bSchool of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and cSchool of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. *Correspondence to Patrick Redmond, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaux Lane House, Mercer Street, Dublin 2; E-mail: predm...

BACKGROUND Although the term STAT conveys a sense of urgency, it is sometimes used to circumvent a system that may be too slow to accomplish tasks in a timely manner. We describe a quality-improvement project undertaken by a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital to improve the STAT medication process. METHODS We adapted A3 Thinking, a problem-solving process common in Lean organizat...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the potential risks involved in the administration process of intravenous anti-infective medication at a medical clinic, using the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis. METHOD This exploratory study was conducted at the medical clinic of a hospital in the State of Goiás. For data collection we convened a team comprised of six professionals invo...

BACKGROUND With the increase of the proportion of old (>80 years), frail people living in long-term care settings, concern about the quality of medication management processes in nursing homes is growing. OBJECTIVES To characterize the organization of medication management processes in Belgian nursing homes. METHOD This cross-sectional, observational study of a representative sample of 76 B...

Ghasemi SF¹, Valizadeh F¹, Moemen Nasab M2 1. Instructor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 2. Instructor, Department of Internal and Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences Abstract Background: Medication errors are the most common avoidable causes of iatrogenic inju...

The response to a psychotropic medication reflects characteristics of both the medication and the substrate, ie, the individual receiving the medication. Sex is an individual characteristic that influences all elements of the pharmacokinetic process - absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. The effects of sex on these components of the pharmacokinetic process often counterbalance...