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 ...

The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...

Pennsylvania hospitals submitted 519 medication error reports to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from June 2004-September 2010. The most common types of ...

At the Patient Safety Movement Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), shared a list of the nine most common medical errors in the United States. Addressing ...

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, ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S. researchers said on ...

Accidents happen but then there are mistakes that we make without ever knowing when giving our children medicine (Courtesy) Accidents happen - from children overdosing on medicine that has been left ...

Deaths resulting from medical errors are far more common than they should be. This includes deaths resulting from diagnostic errors, surgical ...

Prescription abbreviations like "qd," "hs," or "bid" are important to know because they are often used in medication instructions. Your pharmacist can help you understand these abbreviations and ...

Accurate blood sugar monitoring is crucial for diabetes management. Three common procedural errors can lead to deceptive ...

Renee Schmid, DVM, DABT, DABVT, discusses common clinical errors in veterinary medicine and emphasizes the importance of creating a safe environment for staff.