Medication errors are very common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 82 percent of adults are on at least one medication and 29 percent take five or more. With numbers such as ...

For the purposes of this study, a "drug" includes prescription drugs and biologics, excluding blood and blood products and tissues for transplantation. The objectives of the study are: To develop a ...

Findings indicate that such software can dramatically improve patient safety during surgery. A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General ...

Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, ...

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Every day in this country, someone dies from a medication mistake. According to the Food and Drug Administration, more than 1 million people are injured annually because of drug errors. In some cases, ...

Measures for avoiding medication errors with the injectable agents used routinely in anaesthesia care have been recommended in new guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists. In particular, the ...