This prospective study was conducted in two internal medicine wards (designated A and B) at the University hospital of Lund, Sweden. A LIMM-based clinical pharmacy service, including medication ...

Some nurses will also leave extra infusions at the bedside so they can be spiked and hung by any nurse entering the room. ISMP recently spoke to a hospital nurse working in a location where the ...

Medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) are difficult to measure because of their great variability. No method in isolation can study every aspect of the ...

Rockville, Md., Nov. 18, 2003--The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) today released its fourth annual national report summarizing the most recent data collected by ...

Medication errors appear to be common, often hidden and associated with adverse events among patients receiving outpatient care after an organ transplant, according to a report in the March issue of ...

Although medication safety in hospitals has improved in the past decade, substantial issues persist. This presentation by representatives of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) reviewed ...

The results of this simulation model suggest that implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention at hospital discharge could be cost-saving compared with usual care. Objectives: ...

Special redesigned labels for intravenous (IV) medication bags may help to prevent serious medication errors in the operating room, reports a study. The new results provide a new piece of evidence ...

Catastrophic medicine errors causing “serious injury or death” are on the rise in South Australian public hospitals, with six horrendous mistakes recorded in the latest national data.

Nashville — Vanderbilt University Medical Center was not upfront with the county medical examiner about a deadly medication error when a patient died after being ...