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  1. Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a scoping review. | PSNet

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    November 03, 2021 - Effects of a clinical pharmacist service on health-related quality of life and prescribing of drugs … 23, 2009 Incidence of drug-related adverse events related to the use of high-alert drugs

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2006 - Although ACE inhibitors are generally well tolerated, like most drugs, their most worrisome adverse … to occur early in therapy.(4) The front-loading of adverse events, which is characteristic of most drugs … concomitant therapies, and comorbid illnesses, particularly renal disease and diabetes mellitus.(1,2,5) Drugs … Second, RCTs restrict or prohibit the concomitant use of other drugs that can cause hyperkalemia. … outcome Heparin Can occur with prophylactic doses (eg, 5000 units BID) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 27, 2021 - Vasoactive drugs were administered to recover the blood pressure and the patient was ventilated with … Examples of common drugs that are diluted for each surgical case are local anesthetics, sedatives, antibiotics … Different drugs require different concentrations, and a typical anesthetic case requires the use of … at least four medications. 7 A study that measured the concentration of diluted drugs in the OR revealed … Some drugs require serial dilution and may come in different units of weight (e.g., mcg/ml vs mg/ml)

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2015 - The Commentary With the ever-growing number of marketed drugs, the potential for look-alike and sound-alike … Similar sounding drugs typically appear near each other on computer selection screens, often with similar … Although it is difficult to know the percentage of medication errors associated with LASA drugs, a rate … Best Practices in Developing Proprietary Names for Drugs: Draft Guidance. … pubmed/25025346 http://ismp.org/Newsletters/acutecare/articles/19960731.asp http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs

  5. Administering just the diluent or one of two vaccine components leaves patients unprotected. | PSNet

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    May 07, 2018 - November 5, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences … March 26, 2014 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs.

  6. Eliminating insulin errors: RPhs share tricks.  | PSNet

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    June 13, 2011 - April 6, 2022 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors. … October 5, 2005 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

  7. ISMP's List of Confused Drug Names. | PSNet

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    August 21, 2015 - Look-alike, sound-alike drugs. … Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 08, 2020 - Multiple interventions have been developed to prevent mistakes caused by LASA drugs. … Many EHR systems integrate “tall man” lettering into the way LASA drugs appear to emphasize name differences … .6 As such, the Joint Commission recommends healthcare organizations not only create a list of LASA drugs … The basics of prescribing the drugs pertinent to this case should have tipped off the pharmacist.  … Look alike/sound alike drugs: a literature review on causes and solutions.

  9. In Conversation With… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon) | PSNet

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    October 24, 2021 - we're able to maybe not cure but suppress leukemia with oral therapies, and there are so many more drugs … Clinical efforts should be mandated for high-alert drugs. … The most common drugs are loaded into a dispensing machine, but it's automated and it puts a label on … We looked specifically at high-alert drugs. … For example, if your patient has diabetes it gives you a list of drugs that would be appropriate for

  10. The hospital ran out of her child's cancer drug. Now she's fighting to end shortages. | PSNet

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    February 06, 2019 - October 28, 2020 Some health workers suffering from addiction steal drugs meant for patients … April 26, 2023 Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 16, 2019 - administration of chemotherapy to the wrong patient, plus suggested United States adopted names for drugs

  12. Tragic error with neuromuscular blocker should prompt risk assessment by all hospitals. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2015 - November 5, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences … Departments Health Care Providers Emergency Medicine Hospital Pharmacy Specific to High-Risk Drugs

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 16, 2019 - reports discusses a mistake with chelation therapy agents due to similar acronym use, confusion of drugs

  14. Potentially inappropriate medication use is associated with increased risk of incident disability in healthy older adults. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - View More Related Resources Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs … See More About The Topic Geriatrics Ordering/Prescribing Errors Specific to High-Risk Drugs

  15. A prospective, observational study of the effects of implementation strategy on compliance with a surgical safety checklist. | PSNet

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    February 02, 2022 - 2022 Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs … prospective simulation-based evaluation of aseptic techniques in the administration of anaesthetic drugs

  16. Potentially inappropriate prescribing and its associations with health-related and system-related outcomes in hospitalised older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet

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    July 28, 2021 - February 2, 2022 Which adverse events and which drugs are implicated in drug-related … View More Related Resources Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs

  17. Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies. | PSNet

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    June 17, 2014 - Look-alike, sound-alike drugs. … December 12, 2012 Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on

  18. Recommendations for practitioners and manufacturers to address system-based causes of vaccine errors. | PSNet

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    June 18, 2014 - June 4, 2014 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs. … December 15, 2010 Cardiovascular drugs: linked to many errors.

  19. Metric units and the preferred dosing of orally administered liquid medications. | PSNet

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    April 11, 2011 - Copy URL July 3, 2016 Neville K, Galinkin JL, Green TP, et al; Committee on Drugs … January 11, 2017 Key potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatrics: the KIDs list.

  20. Unverified patient-reported error: a false alarm can have real consequences. | PSNet

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    June 05, 2018 - May 7, 2014 A mislabeling event with batched drugs: the unintended consequences of practice … February 19, 2014 Survey suggests possible downward trend in identifying key drugs/drug
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