Category: Medication Errors
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Prescription Drug Medication Errors Can Be Prevented By Taking Some Common Sense Precautions
Ten Strategies Intended For Pharmacists Can Help Patients Stay Safe, Also (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) It is relatively well-accepted in the healthcare community that medication errors involving prescription drugs happen more often…
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National Alert Network For Serious Medication Errors: New Drug-Safety Project From ISMP And ASHP
Will Send Email Alerts To Healthcare Providers When Dangerous Or Life-Threatening Prescription Drug Errors Are Reported To ISMP (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A January 19, 2010 article, "Catching Deadly Drug Mistakes", by…
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Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project Forum Webcast: “To Err Is Human, To Delay Is Deadly”
Marks 10th Anniversary Of IOM Study On Medical Errors And Raises Concerns About Lack Of Progress (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project (formerly Stop Hospital Infections) is holding…
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What Are Medication Errors And How Do These Medical Mistakes Tend To Happen
North Carolina State Board Leads Way As Regards Reporting Of Pharmacy-Associated Medication Mistakes (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) QJM is a long-established, leading general medical journal. It focuses on internal medicine and publishes…
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A Summary Of Inpatient Cardiovascular Medication Error Reports Involving Children
July 2009 Pediatrics Medical Journal Article Finds Most Cases Involved Infants Less Than One Year Of Age (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The article "Cardiovascular Medication Errors in Children" was published in the July…
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Medication Errors Are One Of The Most Common Medical Mistakes, But Number Can Be Reduced
Two Reports From April 2009 Medical Journal Offer Possible Solutions To A Problem Which Affects At Least 1.5 Million People Per Year (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The April 27, 2009 edition of…
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Beware The Potential Dangers Of Free Drug Samples
Some Ways That Free Drug Samples Can Harm Patients (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) PLoS Medicine— which is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science — published an essay…
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Adverse Drug Reactions Lead To Significant Number Of ER Visits Each Year
New Canadian Study Highlights Link Between Some Medications And Serious Health Problems (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A June 3, 2008 article, "More than 1 in 9 ER visits medication-related", in The Globe and…
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June 2008 FDA Meeting Will Address Problem Of Look-alike And Sound-alike Drug Names
Confusion Between Similar Drugs Is A Cause Of Medication Errors That Agency Will Focus On In New Pilot Program (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) To start, we get this background information from "Medication…
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Medication Mistakes And Pharmacy Errors Continue To Be A Large Problem
Prescription Drugs Wrongly Prescribed Or Improperly Dispensed Are Preventable Adverse Events Which Need To Be Reduced In Number — And This Can Be Done (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In a February 14,…