. 12.00 background: medication therapy is one of the most complex and high-risk clinical processes that nurses deal with. medication error is the most common type of error that brings about damage and death to patients, especially pediatric ones. however, these errors are preventable. identifying and preventing undesirable events leading to medication errors are the main risk management activit...

the aim of the present research was to study the impact of organizational culture on entrepreneurial orientation given the mediating role of knowledge management. the statistical population consisted of the employees of district 1 and 2 municipalities of qazvin who were about 200 in number, of whom 130 people were selected based on stratified random sampling method and cochran formula. data ana...

Introduction to Crew Resource Management Crew Resource Management (CRM) is based on the need to better understand factors related to accidents. The introduction of black boxes in the aircrafts pinpointed the main causes of accidents to be uncontrolled procedures, followed by inadequate and untimely situational awareness. These induce distortions in risk analysis with consequences on the decisio...

Medication errors are probably the most prevalent form of medical error, and prescribing errors are the most important source of medication errors. In this article we suggest interventions are needed at three levels to improve prescribing: (1) improve the training, and test the competence, of prescribers; (2) control the environment in which prescribers perform in order to standardise it, have ...

Since organizational information security policies can only improve security if employees comply with them, understanding the factors that affect employee security compliance is crucial for strengthening information security. Based on a survey with 200 German employees, we find that reward for production goal achievement negatively impacts security compliance. Whereas a distinct error aversion ...

CONTEXT Because of its complex nature, surgical pathology practice is inherently error prone. Currently, there is pressure to reduce errors in medicine, including pathology. OBJECTIVE To review factors that contribute to errors and to discuss error-reduction strategies. DESIGN Literature review. RESULTS Multiple factors contribute to errors in medicine, including variable input, complexit...