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Near Miss Registry.
American College of Physicians.
This Web site collects and provides data submitted voluntarily by clinicians on near misses to inform safety improvement efforts.
Press Release/Announcement
FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA warns about prescribing and dispensing errors resulting from brand name confusion with antidepressant Brintellix (vortioxetine) and antiplatelet Brilinta (ticagrelor).
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; July 30, 2015.
Look-alike and sound-alike drug names can contribute to confusion and result in medication errors. To raise awareness of potential wrong-patient errors due to similarity between two proprietary names, this announcement describes near misses with the drugs at the prescribing and dispensing stage and suggests clinicians use the generic names for the medications to reduce risk of patient harm.
Press Release/Announcement
Risk of confusion between non-lipid and lipid formulations of injectable amphotericin.
Rapid Response Report 2. London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; September 3, 2007.
This announcement details the potential for errors and near misses associated with an injectable medication that is available in several formulations.
Book/Report
A safer place for patients: learning to improve patient safety.
Fifty-first Report of Session 2005-06. House of Commons Committee on Public Accounts. London, England: The Stationary Office; July 6, 2006. Publication HC 831.
Using data from approximately 974,000 patient safety incidents and near misses reported to the National Patient Safety Agency between 2004–2005, this report summarizes trends, improvements, and areas of weakness in incident reporting.
Press Release/Announcement
MRIs and sandbags filled with metal shot.
Patient Safety Initiative Alert. Trenton: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; May 2006.
This announcement describes a near miss involving sandbags filled with metal shot instead of sand.