road users such as drivers, motorists, motorcycle riders, bike riders and pedestrians play an important role in traffic safety. most accidents can be prevented by accurate and regulated driving based on the traffic laws and regulation. in fact by recognizing the errors made by violated drivers we are able to find the appropriate lawful solution for them and to avoid repeating violations made by...

the aim of this qualitative study was to determine the most important medical errors made by gynecology residents. this study used a delphi technique in three rounds. first, a list of common errors was prepared using a questionnaire, then the most important errors were prioritized and finally, the managerial and training procedures were determined for errors. in this study, 45 common errors wer...

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

Abstract Background: Medical errors are among the main problems of health and treatment in the world which are responsible for mortality and psychophysical complications in patients, families, and even in the society each year. Medical errors have been increasingly taken into consideration in different countries. Different strategies have been explored to prevent medical errors, one of which i...

background: human error is the most important cause of occupational and non-occupational accidents. because, it seems necessary to identify, predict and analyze human errors, and also offer appropriate control strategies to reduce errors which cause adverse consequences, the present study was carried out with the aim of identifying human errors while operating meat grinder and offer suggestions...

Medication error (ME) is the most common preventable cause of adverse drug events which negatively affects patient safety. Inadequate, low-quality studies plus wide estimation variations in ME from developing countries including Iran, decreases the reliability of ME evaluations. To clarify sources, underreporting reasons and preventive measures of MEs, we reviewed Iran current available literat...