Tag: Medical Errors
More Wrong-Patient Orders in NICU Versus Non-NICU Ped Units
Reduction in frequency of errors with ID reentry intervention and combined ID, distinct naming
Electronic Drug Administration Record App Cuts Errors
Decline in rate of medication errors in medication administration recording post-implementation
Patient Complaints of Surgeon Attitude Tied to Worse Outcomes
Patients treated by surgeons with most complaints had more complications in month after surgery
Quality Improvement Initiative Cuts Milk Administration Errors
Reduction in number of expired milk, preparation, wrong-milk-to-wrong-infant errors
Sliding Scale Insulin Order Sheet Cuts Medication Errors
Standardized SSI can cut incidence of SSI-related drug errors; doesn't reduce hyper-, hypoglycemia
Medication Errors Common in Nursing Home Residents
However, serious effects of medication errors were low, and were reported for small proportion of errors
