MEDICATION ERRORS: CAUSES, PREVENTION AND REDUCTION

types and causes of medication errors from nurse’s viewpoint

background: the main professional goal of nurses is to provide and improve human health. medication errors are among the most common health threatening mistakes that affect patient care. such mistakes are considered as a global problem which increases mortality rates, length of hospital stay, and related costs. this study was conducted to evaluate the types and causes of nursing medication erro...

Prevention of medication errors in pediatrics.

Causes and outcome of medication errors in hospitalized patients.

OBJECTIVE To develop better understanding of Medication Errors (MEs) in the health care sector, and to improve the error prevention services in the hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study at the Hera General Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The medical records were reviewed for adult hospitalized patients from June 1, 2000 to June 30, 2002. Patients demographic data, types, and ca...

Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure.

Causes of intravenous medication errors: an ethnographic study.

BACKGROUND Intravenous (IV) medication errors are frequent events. They are associated with considerable harm, but little is known about their causes. Human error theory is increasingly used to understand adverse events in medicine, but has not yet been applied to study IV errors. Our aim was to investigate causes of errors in IV drug preparation and administration using a framework of human er...