Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

One in three patients at risk from medication errors, study finds

A systematic review in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine finds medication errors remain widespread in Indian ...
EurekAlert!

Medication administration errors can induce fear, sadness ang guilt among healthcare professionals

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 ...
Healio

Medication errors lead to fear, sadness, guilt among health care staff

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication administration errors led to negative feelings of guilt, fear and self-blame, according to a study ...
Medscape

Improving the Safety of Medication Administration Using an Interactive CD-ROM Program

Purpose: The impact of an interactive CD-ROM program on the rate of medication administration errors made by nurses was studied. Methods: This randomized, controlled, nonblinded study was conducted at ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Medication errors occur frequently in nursing homes, study finds

While medication errors are still a frequent occurrence in nursing homes, their impact on the actual health of patients is limited, suggests new study findings published in the Journal of the American ...
Healio

‘Unnoticed previously,’ hospital medication errors are more common in older children

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The error rate among children aged older than 12 years was 20.9 per 100 orders ...
Becker's ASC

8 Steps to Prevent Medication Errors in Surgery Centers

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, ...

Salus Deploys Medication Safety Platform in Large Academic Health System Clinical Environment

Salus, a healthcare technology company focused on medication safety, today announced the enterprise deployment of its Medication Administration Protection System (MAPS) within Houston Methodist, a ...
Daijiworld

One in three patients face medication errors in Indian hospitals: Study

A major study has revealed that medication errors are alarmingly common in Indian hospitals, with nearly one in three ...
Las Vegas Sun

Baxter Introduces the IV Verify Line Labeling System, an Automated Solution to Improve IV Labeling in Healthcare Settings

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), an innovative leader in infusion therapies and platforms, today debuted the IV Verify Line Labeling System, an automated solution, at the 2026 American ...
New Atlas

ADHD medication errors in under-20s have increased by almost 300%

A new study has found a staggering rise in the number of ADHD medication errors among US youth over the last 22 years, most of which occurred at home. The researchers say their findings highlight the ...