Prevention of medication errors: detection and audit

Prevention of medication errors in pediatrics.

Role of clinical pharmacologist in detection and prevention of administration errors: an observational and interventional study

Abstract The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the prevention of drug administration  errors by clinical pharmacologist interventions in patients with cancer. This observational study was performed in the hematology-oncology ward of an academic hospital. The clinical pharmacologist in coordination with the professors of the ward reviewed patients’ medical records and monitored pat...

Audit of medication errors by anesthetists in North Western Nigeria.

BACKGROUND Safety issues are an important aspect of anesthesia practice. The relevance of medication and drug administration errors in our everyday practice is an important aspect of medical audit. Although there have been few case reports of drug administration errors by anesthetists, there is paucity of information regarding medication errors in anesthetic practice in Nigeria. We set out to s...

Application of Information Technology: Detection and Prevention of Medication Errors Using Real-Time Bedside Nurse Charting

OBJECTIVE Charting systems with decision support have been developed to assist with medication charting, but many of the features of these programs are not properly used in their clinical application. An analysis of medication error reports at LDS Hospital revealed the occurrence of errors that should have been detected and prevented by decision support features if real-time entry at the bedsid...

role of clinical pharmacists in early detection, reporting and prevention of medication errors in a medical ward

background: drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective process in order to identifying variability in drug use and subsequent application of effective interventions for improving  patient outcomes. in this study, appropriate uses of drugs were evaluated by pharmacy service. methods : a prospective, interventional study was designed for determining frequency and type of clinical pharmacis...