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Hospital medication errors frequent with children Nursing workload, ineffective communication factors in 4 child deaths CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2013 5:21 PM PST | Last Updated: January 18, 2013 ...
Manitoba Medication errors blamed on handwriting, tired nurses CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2003 10:19 AM PDT | Last Updated: April 15, 2003 ...
Medication mistakes led to the deaths of 10 patients and severely jeopardized the health of 26 others, leading to longer hospital stays and in some cases disability, says the report compiled for ...
The shortage of pain medication for infants and children in late 2022 contributed to a more than 50 per cent surge in calls around dosing errors within Canadian households, a new report found.
The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists implemented SafetyNET-RX, a research and outreach program, in 2010 that requires its pharmacists to report all errors to The Institute for Safe Medication ...
Medication errors are occurring frequently on pediatric wards, with “devastating” impact on children and their families, concludes a new survey of Canadian hospitals that found four deaths ...
Although it’s helpful to describe the medication errors by category, it’s important to understand that regardless of classification, in the eyes of Washington state law, medication errors hurt ...
State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.
KANNUR: An eight-month-old baby boy is in critical condition after being given the wrong medication by a pharmacy at Pazhayangadi. Muhammed, son of Sameer, a local resident, suffered severe health ...