Addressing medication errors–The role of undergraduate nurse education

K Page, AA McKinney - Nurse Education Today, 2007 - Elsevier
Medication errors are a persistent problem in today's National Health Service (NHS). Many
factors contribute to drug incidents occurring, from the initial prescription stage through to …

Medication errors in chemotherapy preparation and administration: a survey conducted among oncology nurses in Turkey

A Ulas, K Silay, S Akinci, D Dede… - … Pacific Journal of …, 2015 - avesis.medipol.edu.tr
Background: Medication errors in oncology may cause severe clinical problems due to low
therapeutic indices and high toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents. We aimed to investigate …

Prescribing errors and other problems reported by community pharmacists

YF Chen, KE Neil, AJ Avery, ME Dewey… - … and clinical risk …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Prevention of medication errors is a priority for health services worldwide.
Pharmacists routinely screen prescriptions for potential problems, including prescribing …

Study of medication errors on a community hospital oncology ward

CD Ford, J Killebrew, P Fugitt, J Jacobsen… - Journal of oncology …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Medication errors (MEs) have been a significant problem resulting in excessive
patient morbidity and cost, especially for cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Although some …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacovigilance for pediatric outpatient prescriptions in tripoli children hospital

YA Taher, SF Faraj, AM Samud… - Libyan Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Pharmacovigilance for pediatric drug therapy is lacking among Libyan patients.
Hence, pediatric patients are at risk of unpredictable drug effects as a result of prescription …

Prevention of adverse drug reactions in older patients

H Burkhardt, M Wehling, R Gladisch - Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und …, 2007 - Springer
Adverse drug reactions are among the most common adverse events and a significant
cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. As multimorbidity and polypharmacy are …

Prävention unerwünschter Arzneimittelwirkungen bei älteren Patienten

H Burkhardt, M Wehling, R Gladisch - Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und …, 2007 - infona.pl
Unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkungen (UAW) gehören zu den bedeutendsten Therapie
assoziierten unerwünschten Ereignissen überhaupt und ziehen eine beträchtliche …

Should doctors who make clinical errors be charged with manslaughter? A survey of medical professionals and members of the public

N Kay, A Green, SE McDowell… - Medicine, Science and …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
If a doctor is grossly negligent and the patient dies as a result, the doctor can be charged
with manslaughter. We have investigated the difference in opinion between medical …

The medic's guide to prescribing Effective prescribing

C Meager, PA Routledge - BMJ, 2007 - bmj.com
How often have you thought about the importance of and the processes involved in
choosing the most effective drug for your patient? Claire Meager and Philip A Routledge …

Prevention of pediatric drug calculation errors by pre-hospital providers

MJ Bernius - 2007 - search.proquest.com
Context. Calculation of weight-based drug dosages for pediatric patients is a difficult process
with significant potential for human error, and in the pre-hospital setting, few safeguards …