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Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

•Ordering/Prescribing Errors (137)

•Transcription Errors (22)

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•Administration Errors (136)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (521)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (224)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: when pharmacy is closed.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2012;9:11-17.

STUDY

Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.

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Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.

Boockvar KS, Carlson Lacorte H, Giambanco V, Fridman B, Siu A. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:236-243.

STUDY

Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports.

Haynes K, Hennessy S, Morales KH, et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;83:485-488.

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Supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen among hospitalized patients.

Zhou L, Maviglia SM, Mahoney LM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1721-1728.

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Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors.

Tang FI, Sheu SJ, Yu S, Wei IL, Chen CH. J Clin Nurs. 2007;16:447-457.

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Predictors of medication errors among elderly hospital patients.

Picone DM, Titler MG, Dochterman J, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:115-127.

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Costs of intravenous adverse drug events in academic and nonacademic intensive care units.

Nuckols TK, Paddock SM, Bower AG, et al. Med Care. 2008;46:17-24.

STUDY

Effects of learning climate and registered nurse staffing on medication errors.

Chang Y, Mark B. Nurs Res. 2011;60:32-39.

STUDY

Pediatric safety incidents from an intensive care reporting system.

Skapik JL, Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Thompson DA, Wu AW. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:95-101.

STUDY

How useful are voluntary medication error reports? The case of warfarin-related medication errors.

Zhan C, Smith SR, Keyes MA, Hicks RW, Cousins DD, Clancy CM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:36-45.

BOOK/REPORT

Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients.

McCarthy D, Blumenthal D. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; April 2006.

STUDY

Antecedents of severe and nonsevere medication errors.

Chang YK, Mark BA. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41:70-78.

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Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data.

Payne CH, Smith CR, Newkirk LE, Hicks RW. AORN J. 2007;85:731-740.

STUDY

Adverse drug event reporting in intensive care units: a survey of current practices.

Kane-Gill SL, Devlin JW. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40:1267-73.

STUDY

The safety of hospital stroke care.

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, Skelton WK. Neurology. 2007;68:550-555.

STUDY

The costs of adverse drug events in community hospitals.

Hug BL, Keohane C, Seger DL, Yoon C, Bates DW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:120-126.

STUDY

Cost implications of actual and potential adverse events prevented by interventions of a critical care pharmacist.

Kopp BJ, Mrsan M, Erstad BL, Duby JJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:2483-2487.

STUDY

Medication errors during medical emergencies in a large, tertiary care, academic medical center.

Gokhman R, Seybert AL, Phrampus P, Darby J, Kane-Gill SL. Resuscitation. 2012;83:482-487.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

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