Nonpunitive medication error reporting: 3-year findings from one hospital's primum non nocere initiative.

Mary Jean Potylycki; Sharon R. Kimmel; Marlene Ritter; Terry Capuano; LaDene Gross; Kelly Riegel-Gross; Anne Panik

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Nonpunitive medication error reporting: 3-year findings from one hospital's primum non nocere initiative.

August 30, 2006

Potylycki MJ, Kimmel SR, Ritter M, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36(7-8):370-376.

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The investigators conducted a survey to inform the implementation of a nonpunitive medication error reporting policy and educational workshop. A comparison to post-initiative findings revealed that staff perception of reporting improved after the educational initiative.

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