Using an electronic medication checklist to gain patient medication histories significantly reduces errors compared with a paper-based checklist, a recent study found. The study, conducted last ...

Background An accurate medication list at hospital admission is essential for the evaluation and further treatment of patients. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency, type and ...

Medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure roughly 1.3 million people each year in the United States alone. But it’s not only a national problem, and the World Health ...

Medication errors are among the most common mistakes ... 19, is part of a class of pharmaceuticals that are included on a list of "High-Alert Medication" developed by ISMP through its research ...

Our 21-year-old daughter with a disability was overdosed with her own medication within two days of entering a New Jersey ...

Second, error-free dosing regimens would be composed ... on the list should be continued or changed. An active medication list is not just a listing of all prescribed medications; it should ...

State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including an elderly patient who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Three-year-old John Casolaro's parents had no idea what was wrong when he was sick this past December. Then, his father noticed something unusual while mixing the boy's liquid ...

According to a new report in the journal Pediatrics, most medication errors made in children happen between the ages of 3 and ...

Jeff Himler Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 7:01 a.m. | Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 7:01 a.m. A Pittsburgh-area woman died after having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic she was given not once, but twice ...

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 ...