BACKGROUND Safe drug prescribing and administration are essential elements within undergraduate healthcare curricula, but medication errors, especially in paediatric practice, continue to compromise patient safety. In this area of clinical care, collective responsibility, team working and communication between health professionals have been identified as key elements in safe clinical practice. ...

Ефективність діяльності сучасних закладів охорони здоров’я та якість надання медичних послуг залежить від їх фінансового забезпечення. Виявлена проблема нестачі бюджетних коштів змушує медичні заклади самостійно заробляти. Зважаючи на це, доцільно активізувати застосування проєктного підходу в управлінні адмініструванні. Запропонована блок-схема проведення фінансово-економічного аналізу закладу...

BACKGROUND Bacterial and fungal infections in pediatric oncology patients cause morbidity and mortality. The clinical utility of antimicrobial prophylaxis in children is uncertain and the personal utility of these agents is disputed. Objectives were to use a discrete choice experiment to: (1) describe the importance of attributes to parents and healthcare providers when deciding between use and...

Interruptions and distractions are a feature of work in most complex sociotechnical systems in which people must handle multiple threads of work. Over the last 10–15 years there has been a crescendo of reviews and investigations into the impact that interruptions and distractions have on safety-critical aspects of healthcare work, such as medication administration, but findings are still inconc...

The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) defines a "medication error" as "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. At many occasions a medication error can be caught or is rectified before its administ...

BACKGROUND The contraceptive injectable is a safe and effective method that is used worldwide. With the variety of injectable delivery systems, there is potential for administration by the woman herself. Self-administration of the contraceptive injectable is the subject of this systematic review. OBJECTIVES To assess how effective and safe the contraceptive injectable method is when women the...

This article demonstrates the complications of rural healthcare modernization in context Belarusian Socialist Soviet Republic. While reforming public healthcare, Bolsheviks managed to revive pre-revolutionary networks and provide population with basic medical assistance. Various propaganda campaigns by administration also aimed improve sanitary condition state countryside. However, due politica...

BACKGROUND Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen and given early. The objective of this study was to estimate the association of prior healthcare exposure on time to appropriate antibiotic therapy in patients with gram-negativ...