background: medication errors are mentioned as the most common important challenges threatening healthcare system in all countries worldwide. this study is conducted to investigate the most significant factors in refusal to report medication errors among nursing staff. methods: the cross-sectional study was conducted on all nursing staff of a selected education& treatment center in 2013. data w...

pharmacists are healthcare professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use. the role of pharmacist has shifted from the classical “lick, stick and pour” dispensary role, to being an integrated member of the health care team directly involved in patient care. but, in our country pharmacists are mainly engaged with manufacturing o...

conclusions: implementation of self-directed learning provides a useful strategy that should be included in health intervention and national surveillance programs in order to improve health and therapeutic compliance in postmenopausal women. results: there were significant statistical differences between two groups regarding the age of subjects; age of menopause; economic, educational and emplo...

background this study is the first study to evaluate the nonadherence rate and reasons of same patient with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in iran. methods during 9 months, 500 patients with ibd were enrolled in the study. patients were interviewed about their nonadherence behaviors. factor analysis was used to analyze the collected answers. results the overall rate of nonadherence was 33.3% ...

introduction: the existence of standard tools is one of the basic needs of scientists of healthy behavior for predicting health-related behaviors. the aim of the present study was to design a psychometrically sound instrument to measure the protection motivation theory constructs regarding self-medication for elderly iranians. methods: the study was conducted in spring 2016. the sample consiste...

chemotherapy medication errors may lead to potentially harmful consequences while most of them could be preventable. this study aims to determine the incidence and type of drug handling and administration errors among the nurses and to identify possible contributing factors. setting of the study was a teaching hospital affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. ...

staff during their orientation in July. It is also available on our Web site. Monitoring adherence to these guidelines and other associated medical safety issues is an ongoing part of our antimicrobial stewardship program. Outcomes are reported back to the P&T committee for information and action. Examples of medication safety and therapeutic outcomes initiatives include venous thromboembolism ...

Phenytoin has been in use for decades, but healthcare providers should remain alert to potential risks. Analysis of an incident report received through the National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR)* suggests opportunities to enhance system safeguards with this medication when prescribed for intravenous (IV) administration. The hospital where the incident occurred wanted to share the informa...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is a rare mesenchymal tumor. Sorafenib is an effective medication in these tumors based on two phase II clinical trials and a retrospective analysis. We report a rare case of a 57-year-old male with acute hepatotoxicity from sorafenib. He was treated conservatively with IV fluids and prednisolone. Liver function tests improved over 2 months. We conclude that soraf...

a bstract background: medication errors and adverse drug events of high alert medication are one of the major problems in therapeutic system. the purpose of the present study was to investigate ‎the effect of clinical supervision model on high alert medication safety in intensive care units nurses. materials and methods: this was a quasi-experimental study conducted on 32 nurses of intensive ca...