The types, causes, contributing factors, and patient demographics of fatal medication errors were reviewed. Case reports of medication errors from hospitals, ambulatory care settings, and patients' ...

Performing computerized analysis to identify patients receiving target drugs that may be used to treat a medication error or to search for serum drug concentration ...

New Orleans, La. Dec. 8, 2003--Data from the most recent report on medication errors compiled by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) supports several key patient safety goals outlined by the Joint ...

Despite evidence showing that the causes of medication errors can be traced back to multiple factors in the healthcare setting, healthcare professionals still often feel the blame on them. In a new ...

Medication errors appear to be common, often hidden and associated with adverse events among patients receiving outpatient care after an organ transplant, according to a report in the March issue of ...

Parents of children with chronic conditions make many mistakes when giving lifesaving medicines, according to new research. Parents of children with chronic conditions make many mistakes when giving ...

With medication errors outside of health facilities on the rise, learn more here about the unique challenges to proper medication use and where prevention strategies need to be directed. Medication ...

For the purposes of this study, a "drug" includes prescription drugs and biologics, excluding blood and blood products and tissues for transplantation. The objectives of the study are: To develop a ...

Sometimes the only way of telling similar medication apart is by name. alekso94/Shutterstock In one English language case of a lookalike name confusion error, reported in 2004, a patient was ...