Poor communication closely associated with patient safety incidents
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, poor communication was found to contribute to nearly a quarter of patient safety ...
Tag: medication errors
Policy statement outlines ways to improve pediatric medication safety
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provided a policy statement outlining recommendations to reduce pediatric medication dispensation errors and ...
High error rate among parents measuring liquid medications
1. In a randomized controlled experiment, parents were asked to measure doses of liquid medicines using marked syringes and dosing ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 3 – November 9, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Cost-Effectiveness ...
Out-of-hospital medication error rate unchanged in young children
1. Between 2002 and 2012, the rate of out-of-hospital medication errors in children under age 6 did not change, despite a ...
High prevalence of pediatric dosing errors suggests unit standardization
1. Over 40% of studied parents demonstrated errors in pediatric liquid medication dosing when compared to the physician’s intended dose. ...
Children with cancer exposed to home medication errors
Image: PD 1. Almost half (47%) of the children studied were exposed to at-home medication errors. 2. Most errors occurred ...