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 ...

We know the best practices. We know how to do them.” In all, 624 adverse events were reported last year, including medication errors but also 28 other categories of preventable mistakes.

We know the best practices. We know how to do them.” In all, 624 adverse events were reported last year, including medication errors but also 28 other categories of preventable mistakes.

Judith Young, Maribeth Slebodnik, Laura Sands, Bar Code Technology and Medication Administration Error, Journal of Patient Safety, Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2010), pp. 115-120 ...

But a pharmacy error, discovered too late, meant that she had actually been given a bottle of methotrexate, a potent chemotherapy drug that had built up to toxic levels in her body.

Medication administration errors led to negative feelings of guilt, fear and self-blame, according to a study published in BMC Health Services Research.However, emotional support and guidance from ...

A national medication safety organization is advocating for pharmacies to eliminate prescription time guarantees.  According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and ...

Medication errors can include something as simple as a missed or extra dose, but the most prevalent by far was use of the wrong medication. There were just over 13,000 incidents where the wrong ...

So her husband, Joseph Calloway, did some investigating. When he looked up her medication in a book detailing prescription drugs, he said, he discovered that she had been given the wrong one.