RaDonda Vaught’s conviction for a fatal medication error is drawing newfound attention to the technological vulnerabilities of electronic medication cabinets ...

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The research pharmacist confirmed 457 of the 2556 comparison doses to be in error, producing a true error rate of 17.9%. Direct observation detected 300 of these ...

New Orleans, La. Dec. 8, 2003--Data from the most recent report on medication errors compiled by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) supports several key patient safety goals outlined by the Joint ...

Purpose: The magnitude, frequency, and nature of nonharmful and harmful medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) were studied. Methods: A retrospective analysis of Medmarx, ...

Administrative staff in healthcare organizations don’t have the hands-on experience that staff nurses possess. For example, bedside nurses might notice that two different IV medications are packaged ...

Despite evidence showing that the causes of medication errors can be traced back to multiple factors in the healthcare setting, healthcare professionals still often feel the blame on them. In a new ...

The first study to measure the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events during the perioperative period -- immediately before, during and right after a surgical procedure -- has found ...

A disturbing new study, published in the October 2015 issue of Anesthesiology, found that medication errors occurred in nearly half of all surgical procedures. Additionally, the study found that ...

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Reliability and Risk in AI-Assisted Medication Decision Systems,” the study examines how AI systems perform under failure conditions and what types of errors emerge in medication-related ...