BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a 3- to 4-fold increase in both driving-related accidents and associated injuries. Methylphenidate (MPH) is the most commonly prescribed psychostimulant medication for ADHD. It has been demonstrated to improve performance on a driving simulator. This study investigated whether a once-daily, long-acting, osmotic, contr...

A large literature documents the multiple roles clinical pharmacists can play in a variety of health care settings. Much of this literature focuses on measures of impact not directly relevant to this Report – eg, economic benefits, patient compliance, and drug monitoring. More recently, systems-based analyses of medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) have drawn attention to the impact...

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introduction: caring is the essence of nursing and medication process is an important part of nursing related interventions in the health care systems. medical and/or nursing errors can lead to severe problems for both patients and nursing system. the purpose of this study was to investigate the ethical practice in medication process among nurses working in selected hospitals related to tehran ...

Medication errors (any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer) that lead to adverse drug events (any undesirable experience associated with a patient’s use of a drug) are known to represent a major threat to patient safety, despite widespread preventive ...

since there is no detailed hospital based incident reporting system, this study was designed to evaluate the medication errors associated with infusion pumps in intensive care unit (icu). the investigation was conducted in a teaching hospital in the form of a prospective, observational study. a sample size of 43 doses administered to icu patients was chosen to enable reliable estimate of error ...