Nurses reported different types of violations of medication safety rules related to DC with varying levels of frequency (table 3): Performing the double-check for medications of several patients in ...

We aimed to investigate effects of engaging in participatory action research to improve emergency medicine clinicians’ attitudes to safety in medication management. Setting Emergency department of one ...

The systems for medication safety in hospital are impossible to deliver without parental involvement ... Hawkins SF, Morse JM. Untenable expectations: nurses’ work in the context of medication ...

of the medication delivery system. Thus, effective use of pump technology is dependent not only on the design of the pump itself but also on the way it is implemented. Institutions must promote a ...

Material is drawn from its biweekly publication, ISMP Medication Safety Alert!. These medication errors have occurred in healthcare facilities at least once. They will happen again – perhaps ...

The use of prescription medication during pregnancy and while ... The first relates to designing studies to collect safety data on pregnancy and infant outcomes, and the second relates to ...

Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation ... a systematic review of studies assessing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing interruptions ...

The use of prescription medication during pregnancy and while breastfeeding has increased over the past several decades. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding often need to take prescription ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and The DAISY Foundation have announced the recipients of the annual DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety. The individual Honoree is ...