medication errors

Frequency of ADHD Medication Errors Jumps Nearly 300% From 2000 to 2021

Oct 9, 2023

Increases in ADHD medication-related errors occurred most often among children aged 6-12 and primarily involved inadvertently taking a medication twice.

Recommendations Developed for Avoiding Perioperative Medication Errors

Aug 16, 2023

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In guidelines issued by the Association of...

Medication Errors Reported Frequently by Home Care Service Nurses

May 4, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 40 percent of fully trained nurses from...

Electronic Health Records Fail to Detect Many Medication Errors

Jul 9, 2020

THURSDAY, July 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is wide variation in the safety performance...

Medication Errors Resulting in Death Most Common in Elderly

Dec 13, 2018

Most common medication error category was omitted medicine or ingredient

One-Third of Peds Medication Errors Due to Usability Issues

Nov 13, 2018

EHR usability issues contribute to 36 percent of med errors; 18.8 percent may have caused harm

Rate of Medication Errors Resulting in Serious Medical Outcomes Rising

Jul 11, 2017

Every 21 seconds someone in the United States calls Poison Control because of a medication error....

IDWeek 2012: Medication Errors for HIV Patients Often Unrecognized

Oct 19, 2012

The Particulars: Patients with HIV who are prescribed highly active anti-retroviral therapy...

Reducing Cardiovascular Medication Errors

Jun 1, 2011

In-hospital medication errors contribute significantly to the estimated 44,000 to 98,000 deaths...

Medication Reconciliation Reduces Errors at Discharge

May 8, 2024

Researchers compared routine, pharmacist-led medication reconciliation with standard care to reduce medication errors and healthcare use.

Preoperative, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation Improves Safety

Jul 30, 2024

Pharmacist-led medication reconciliation, implemented prior to a patient’s admittance to the hospital for surgery, improved safety and outcomes.

Cases of Pediatric Therapeutic Errors Related to ADHD Meds on the Rise

Sep 20, 2023

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2000 to 2021, there was an almost 300 percent...

Multicentre study of medication reconciliation in paediatric onco-hematology.

Jul 10, 2023

To determine the prevalence of reconciliation errors (RE) on admission to hospital in the...

What Physicians Should Do When They Make a Medication Error

Apr 23, 2023

Physicians, like all people, are not immune to human error. Medical errors can occur at any point...

Understanding and preventing vaccination errors.

Jan 16, 2023

Vaccine-related medication errors can occur at each step of the vaccination process: prescribing,...

The Impact of Telepharmacy on Medication Reconciliation Discrepancies

Jun 28, 2021

“Most medication errors that occur at hospital admission originate in medication histories,” says...

Pharmacist-Led Mobile Health Intervention and Transplant Medication Safety: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

May 3, 2021

Medication safety events are predominant contributors to suboptimal graft outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. The goal of this study was to examine the efficacy of improving medication safety through a pharmacist-led,...