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Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

•Ordering/Prescribing Errors (104)

•Transcription Errors (9)

•Dispensing Errors (33)

•Administration Errors (157)

•Monitoring Errors and Failures (6)

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•Asia (18)

•Australia and New Zealand (49)

•Central and South America (5)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (102)

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•Special or Theme Issue (14)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (352)

•Active Errors (336)

•Latent Errors (83)

•Near Miss (23)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (214)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (50)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (269)

•Communication Improvement (208)

•Human Factors Engineering (233)

•Teamwork (26)

•Specialization of Care (74)

•Logistical Approaches (58)

•Culture of Safety (60)

•Technologic Approaches (289)

•Education and Training (141)

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•Allied Health Services (1)

•Medicine (597)

•Nursing (122)

•Pharmacy (307)

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•Health Care Providers (729)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (746)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (311)

•Patients (53)

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•Hospitals (565)

•Psychiatric Facilities (7)

•Residential Facilities (30)

•Ambulatory Care (138)

•Outpatient Surgery (5)

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REVIEW

Medication errors—new approaches to prevention.

Merry AF, Anderson BJ. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011;21:743-753.

STUDY

Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs in anaesthesia: prospective randomised clinical evaluation.

Merry AF, Webster CS, Hannam J, et al. BMJ. 2011;343:d5543.

STUDY

Quality improvement project to reduce perioperative opioid oversedation events in a paediatric hospital.

Vermaire D, Caruso MC, Lesko A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:895-902.

STUDY

Cranshaw J, Gupta KJ, Cook TM. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:1317-1323.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Neuromuscular blocking agents: reducing associated wrong-drug errors.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2009;6:109-114.

REVIEW

Failed spinal anaesthesia: mechanisms, management, and prevention.

Fettes PD, Jansson JR, Wildsmith JA. Br J Anaesth. 2009;102:739-748.

STUDY

Preprinted order sets as a safety intervention in pediatric sedation.

Broussard M, Bass PF 3rd, Arnold CL, McLarty JW, Bocchini JA Jr. J Pediatr. 2009;154:865-868.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ambulatory surgery facilities: a comprehensive review of medication error reports in Pennsylvania.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2011;8:85-93.

STUDY

Safety on an inpatient pediatric otolaryngology service: many small errors, few adverse events.

Shah RK, Lander L, Forbes P, Jenkins K, Healy GB, Roberson DW. Laryngoscope. 2009;119:871-879.

COMMENTARY

Vial Mistakes Involving Heparin.

Vanderveen T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2009.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:1062-1065.

REVIEW

Interventions to reduce medication errors in adult intensive care: a systematic review.

Manias E, Williams A, Liew D. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012;74:411-423.

STUDY

Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:18-21.

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Action needed to prevent dangerous heparin-insulin confusion.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 3, 2007;12:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Misidentification of alphanumeric symbols in both handwritten and computer-generated information.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 2, 2009;14:1-2.

COMMENTARY

Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety.

De Oliveira GS Jr, Theilken LS, McCarthy RJ. Anesth Analg. 2011;113:1429-1435.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

STUDY

Drug error in anaesthetic practice: a review of 896 reports from the Australian Incident Monitoring Study database.

Abeysekera A, Bergman IJ, Kluger MT, Short TG. Anaesthesia. 2005;60:220-227.

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