BACKGROUND Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have complex problems and experience many medical errors. Currently, little is known about the measurement of medication errors and adverse drug events in Canadian ICUs. OBJECTIVE To investigate methods of measuring medication errors and adverse drug events in ICUs in Canada. METHODS A questionnaire was constructed and uploaded to an onli...

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of medication errors happened during the preparation and administration of intravenous (IV) drugs. This study was designed as prospective cross-sectional evaluations by direct unconcealed observation in a setting consisted of orthopedic, general surgery and gastroenterology wards of a teaching hospital. Participants were those patients hospit...

IMPORTANCE Medication computerised provider order entry (CPOE) has been shown to decrease errors and is being widely adopted. However, CPOE also has potential for introducing or contributing to errors. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are to (a) analyse medication error reports where CPOE was reported as a 'contributing cause' and (b) develop 'use cases' based on these reports to test ...

OBJECTIVE To assess on a multinational level the frequency, characteristics, contributing factors, and preventive measures of administration errors in parenteral medication in intensive care units. DESIGN Observational, prospective, 24 hour cross sectional study with self reporting by staff. SETTING 113 intensive care units in 27 countries. PARTICIPANTS 1328 adults in intensive care. MA...

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...

purpose: to evaluate the incidence of medication error in patients who underwent intraocular surgery based on different methods of drug instruction (hand-written versus orally explained) at labbafinejad medical center. methods: during a 6-month period, we evaluated 204 postoperative patients who underwent cataract or glaucoma surgery. patients were randomly assigned to two groups; in group i, p...