This article is a case study of medication errors in a psychiatric hospital in the Midwestern region of the United States. A survey was conducted among nursing staff regarding the likelihood of reporting medication errors. A few case scenarios were presented for discussion. Measures to improve safety of medication administration were proposed.

AbstractMedication errors are commonly encountered in hospital setting. Intravenous medications pose particular risks because of their greater complexity and the multiple steps required in their preparation, administration and monitoring. We aimed to determine the rate of errors during preparation and administration phase of intravenous medications and the correlation of these errors with the d...

Adverse events are common in health care institutions. In a study published in 2007, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reported that “1 in 13 adult medical and surgical patients admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada in 2000 experienced an adverse event”. Medication errors are among the most frequent adverse events. In an international survey of adults with health problems, admi...

conclusions it can be concluded that electronic health records lead to a reduction in medication errors and increase patient safety. background medication errors are the most common medical errors, and are one of the major challenges threatening the healthcare system, which is inherently susceptible to error. objectives in this study, we aimed to compare the occurrence of errors between two met...

medication errors are one of the important factors that increase fatal injuries to the patients and burden significant economic costs to the health care. an appropriate medical history could reduce errors related to omission of the previous drugs at the time of hospitalization. the aim of this study, as first one in iran, was evaluating the discrepancies between medication histories obtained by...

CONTEXT Medication errors are the most common types of medical errors in hospitals and leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients. AIMS The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge of healthcare professionals about medication errors in hospitals. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to randomly selected healthcare professionals in ei...