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MEDICATION ERROR

Haseena Majeed, Ms. Sana Sehar, Muhammad Afzal, Fourth Author. Dr. Syed Amir Gilani · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2019

<em>A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while medication is in the control of health care professional. (NCC, 2019).</em>

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Medication Error

Bimala Shah · Journal of Nursing Education of Nepal · 2022

Background: Medication errors are one of the patient safety problems with a high prevalence in severalcountries, and often involve a lack of collaborative communication between health professionals,including doctors, pharmacists, and nurses. This article aimed to review about medication error inhospital settings.Methods: Literature review was done through searching electronic database like PubMed, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and Science Hub and create library via Zotero software to save data.Results: The review article found most of the medication error occurred in medical and surgical unitsof the hospital and in morning shift, the most of the nurses are accountable for avoiding medicationerrors, and it happens mostly during administering the drugs to the patients.Conclusion: Medication errors and difficulties associated to nurses, doctors and pharmacists in hospitalsettings must be carefully monitored in order to maintain patients’ safety.Keywords: Literature review, medication error, nurses, safety

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Medication error *

Rachel Spencer · 2020

This chapter describes common causes of primary care medication errors from the perspective of the actors and processes involved. Medication error is an important area of clinical risk in primary care and constitutes a significant proportion of all healthcare-related harm. Adverse drug events (ADEs) affect up to 20% of patients irrespective of country or specific clinical setting, of which up to two-thirds may be preventable. ADEs are usually caused by ‘complex and multifaceted’ errors that occur in all stages of the medication use system. A handful of medications – cardiovascular drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anticoagulants - are associated with the majority of ADEs. Community pharmacists provide a potential safety net for ‘catching’ prescribing errors. Good working relationships and effective communication can improve their role of mitigation. Patients’ attitudes and knowledge about medication have been shown to be partially responsible for a number of medication-related adverse events.

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Medication Error

National Cancer Institute · Definitions · 2020

An error associated with the prescribing, dispensing, or giving/taking a medication by a healthcare professional, patient, or consumer that causes or leads to inappropriate medication use or patient harm.

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Medication Error

Abdul Mondul, Mei Kong · Patient Safety · 2023

Medication error is one of the leading patient safety concerns in healthcare, causing morbidity and mortality. It can occur at all stages of the medication process. Medication errors are frequent, often harmful, but with good systems and processes are largely preventable. There are five essential strategies to improve medication safety and avert errors. These include: (1) Appropriate usage of information technology (electronic health records (EHR), computerized physician order entry (CPOE), point-of-care clinical decision support (CDS), and bedside bar-coded medication administration (BCMA). (2) Addressing health literacy and engaging patients and families. (3) Standardize protocols, dosing, order sets with alerts, assessment parameters, and early recognition of potential adverse events for high-alert medications. (4) Thorough medication reconciliation at points in transition of care where new medications are ordered or existing orders are rewritten. (5) Foster pharmacy collaboration and better communication and interaction among members of the healthcare team and the patient. Every discipline is responsible to stop the line at any interval of the medication process when an error or potential error is identified. The goal is to prevent the error from reaching the patient. An organizational culture of safety is critical, where communication is embraced and staff are empowered to report concerns so changes can be made to prevent errors and improve safety.

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Medication Error Prevention

Thomas R. Clancy · JONA s Healthcare Law Ethics and Regulation · 2004

This article provides a literature review of studies reporting on the incidence and factors that contribute to medication errors. It retraces the steps taken by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to focus government agency strategy on medication error reduction policy and ranks successful solutions for reducing medication errors. In addition, it summarizes the effectiveness of historic and potential public policy and private payer initiatives.

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Medication Error Reporting

Jennifer Devine · 2012

Medication errors have been widely publicized over the past two decades-Betsy Lehman, the Boston Globe reporter, died from an overdose during chemotherapy, and Ben Kolb, an eight-year-old, died during minor surgery due to a drug mix-up. Although these medication errors were widely publicized in the news, it was not until the release of the 1999 IOM report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (hereinafter IOM Report), that policymakers and other stakeholders elevated issues surrounding medication errors and patient safety to the national level.

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Medication error definitions.

Lindemberg Assunção-Costa (13200298), Ivellise Costa de Sousa (13200301), Maria Rafaela Alves de Oliveira (13200304) et al. · Figshare · 2022

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Medication error collection form.

Victoria Vargas (14504413), Weston W. Blakeslee (14504416), Colin A. Banas (14504419) et al. · Figshare · 2023

&lt;p&gt;Blank medication error data collection sheet to be used by pharmacy TOC staff.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(XLSX)&lt;/p&gt;

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Medication error with methotrexate

Maren Wennberg Husby, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Arve Jørgensen et al. · Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening · 2024

Considering her medical history and exclusion of other differential diagnoses, methotrexate toxicity was suspected. The patient was admitted to the hospital and intravenous folinic acid was initiated as an antidote treatment. Five days later, the patient was discharged with an improvement in the shortness of breath. This case underscores the importance of effective communication in health care, particularly in complex cases like this, where understanding dosages and administration is crucial. Medical history, clinical examinations and medication reviews, often involving clinical pharmacists, are vital in the A&E to reveal medication errors.

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