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 ...

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 ...

Registered nurses may be more likely than licensed practical nurses to identify high-risk medication errors in nursing homes, new research suggests. A study conducted at the University of Missouri ...

A report identifying medication errors or adverse drug events during half of all perioperative periods at Massachusetts General Hospital provides an opportunity to make improvements and is not ...

Testing an individual's perception and memory regarding potentially confusing medication names can predict real-world medication errors, according to a study published in the journal BMJ Quality & ...

Emerging technologies have been recommended as potential mechanisms for reducing medication errors. Critical evaluations of the impact of these new technologies on medication errors and other adverse ...

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A medication bar-coding program at Sutter Health hospitals has helped prevent 28,000 medication errors, 2,600 of which could have caused moderate or serious harm, the Sacramento Bee reports. Since the ...