After widespread use and misuse of antimalarial drugs led to the emergence of resistance, new guidelines for malaria treatment with artemisinine-based combination therapy (ACT) were introduced in Burkina Faso in 2005. To describe the management (drug therapy and other practices) of patients with suspected malaria before their admission to the district hospital of Dô, seven years later. This cro...

a bstract background: medication errors and adverse drug events of high alert medication are one of the major problems in therapeutic system. the purpose of the present study was to investigate ‎the effect of clinical supervision model on high alert medication safety in intensive care units nurses. materials and methods: this was a quasi-experimental study conducted on 32 nurses of intensive ca...

BACKGROUND Older adults often have multiple chronic problems requiring them to manage complex medication regimens overseen by various clinicians. Personal health applications (PHAs) show promise assisting in medication self-management, but adoption of new computer technologies by this population is challenging. Optimizing the utility of PHAs requires a thorough understanding of older adults' ne...

BACKGROUND An accurate medication list at hospital admission is essential for the evaluation and further treatment of patients. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency, type and predictors of errors in medication history, and to evaluate the extent to which standard care corrects these errors. METHODS A descriptive study was carried out in two medical wards in a Swedish hosp...

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of detecting medication errors by self-observation of office transactions related to medication management. Methods: Primary care physicians (N = 14) and office staff (N = 18) reported all their medication management transactions during the 4-hour study period. A study coordinator abstracted additional information from pati...

INTRODUCTION Resident physician/nurse collaboration is essential for patient safety and optimal clinical outcomes. Interprofessional shadowing experiences can facilitate understanding of team roles; however, enhanced may not transform individual practices leading to workplace improvement. This educational innovation utilized a resident/nurse shadow program raise awareness interprofessional role...

We aim to determine the prevalence of self prescribing behaviour during pregnancy and its characteristics. For this purpose, we designed a cross sectional study and interviewed 400 pregnant women who had their prenatal care at Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima. We found that 10.5% of the patients (42 patients) had a self prescribing behavior during pregnancy, 64.5% think that self pres...

A randomized controlled efficacy trial targeting older adults with hypertension is providing a tailored education intervention with a Next Generation Personal Education Program (PEP-NG) in primary care practices in New England. Ten participating advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) completed online knowledge and self-efficacy measures pre-onsite training and twice more after completing a...