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Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

•Ordering/Prescribing Errors (237)

•Transcription Errors (34)

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•Administration Errors (228)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (560)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (303)

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STUDY

Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?

Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.

STUDY

Improving medication safety with accurate preadmission medication lists and postdischarge education.

Gardella JE, Cardwell TB, Nnadi M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:452-458.

STUDY

Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting in an emergency department.

Weant KA, Humphries RL, Hite K, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:1851-1855.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors in the emergency department: need for pharmacy involvement?

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2011;8:1-7.

STUDY

A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department.

Patanwala AE, Sanders AB, Thomas MC, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:369-373.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Collaboration focused on priority issues promotes safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. October 10, 2008;13:1-3.

STUDY

Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department.

Brown JN, Barnes CL, Beasley B, Cisneros R, Pound M, Herring C. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:330-333.

REVIEW

Systematic review of medication safety assessment methods.

Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Schwappach DL, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:227-240.

STUDY

ED overcrowding is associated with an increased frequency of medication errors.

Kulstad EB, Sikka R, Sweis RT, Kelley KM, Rzechula KH. Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:304-309.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2010;45:191-195.

STUDY

Impact of a pharmacist-facilitated hospital discharge program: a quasi-experimental study.

Walker PC, Bernstein SJ, Tucker Jones JN, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:2003-2010.

BOOK/REPORT

An In Depth Investigation into Causes of Prescribing Errors by Foundation Trainees in Relation to Their Medical Education—EQUIP Study.

Dornan T, Ashcroft D, Heathfield H, et al. London: General Medical Council; 2009.

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Effect of a pharmacist intervention on clinically important medication errors after hospital discharge: a randomized trial.

Kripalani S, Roumie CL, Dalal AK, et al; PILL-CVD (Pharmacist Intervention for Low Literacy in Cardiovascular Disease) Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:1-10.

STUDY

National study on the frequency, types, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported emergency department medication errors.

Pham JC, Story JL, Hicks RW, et al. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:485-492.

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Factors associated with medication errors in the pediatric emergency department.

Vilà-de-Muga M, Colom-Ferrer L, Gonzàlez-Herrero M, Luaces-Cubells C. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011;27:290-294.

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Incidence and types of non-ideal care events in an emergency department.

Hall KK, Schenkel SM, Hirshon JM, Xiao Y, Noskin GA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(suppl 3):i20-i25.

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On-site pharmacists in the ED improve medical errors.

Ernst AA, Weiss SJ, Sullivan A IV, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30:717-725.

STUDY

Clinical and safety impact of an inpatient pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service.

Schillig J, Kaatz S, Hudson M, Krol GD, Szandzik EG, Kalus JS. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:322-328.

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Adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: an 11-year national analysis.

Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW, Valim C, Mandl KD. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:901-910.

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Characteristics of medication errors and adverse drug events in hospitals participating in the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative.

Takata GS, Taketomo CK, Waite S; for the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2036-2044.

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