Best practices in medication administration: preventing adverse drug events in perinatal settings.

Laura R. Mahlmeister

Commentary

Best practices in medication administration: preventing adverse drug events in perinatal settings.

January 18, 2011

Mahlmeister LR. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2007;21(1):6-8.

View more articles from the same authors.

The author discusses medication errors in the perinatal setting and shares research-based medication safety practices for nurses.

PubMed citation

Available at

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Best-practice protocols: preventing adverse drug events.

July 16, 2009

Prevalence, nature, severity and preventability of adverse drug events in mental health settings: findings from the MedicAtion relateD harm in mEntal health hospitals (MADE) study.

August 11, 2021

High-priority drug-drug interaction clinical decision support overrides in a newly implemented commercial computerized provider order-entry system: override appropriateness and adverse drug events.

May 20, 2020

The impact of drug error reduction software on preventing harmful adverse drug events in England: a retrospective database study.

August 24, 2022

Frequency and nature of medication errors and adverse drug events in mental health hospitals: a systematic review.

December 18, 2017

Predictors of serious opioid-related adverse drug events in hospitalized patients.

July 8, 2020

Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

May 21, 2009

Allergic adverse drug events after alert overrides in hospitalized patients.

September 21, 2022

Root causes of adverse drug events in hospitals and artificial intelligence capabilities for prevention.

May 5, 2021

Advanced medication reconciliation: a systematic review of the impact on medication errors and adverse drug events associated with transitions of care.

June 16, 2021

Related Resources

What's in a name? Newborn naming conventions and wrong-patient errors.

July 16, 2019

Failure to rescue in neonatal care.

September 12, 2016

Safety in the NICU: preventing medical errors.

June 12, 2013

System errors in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: a case review.

December 30, 2012

Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry.

May 26, 2011

Clinical Issues Series.

August 13, 2010

Using technology to promote perinatal patient safety.

August 10, 2010

In situ simulation: a method of experiential learning to promote safety and team behavior.

April 27, 2010

Perinatal patient safety from the perspective of nurse executives: a round table discussion.

July 5, 2006

Infants at risk: when nurse fatigue jeopardizes quality care.

June 21, 2006

See More About The Topic

Neonatology and Intensive Care

Best practices in medication administration: preventing adverse drug events in perinatal settings.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Best practices in medication administration: preventing adverse drug events in perinatal settings.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users