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  1. 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

  2. Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe Obesity During Eye Surgery. | PSNet

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    January 29, 2021 - Respiratory depressant medications such as opioids should be administered sparingly, and non-opioid analgesic drugs … should be used whenever possible. 17 Neuromuscular blocking drugs also need to be fully reversed prior … a sufficiently high carbon dioxide level to drive respiration. 25 Reverse neuromuscular blocking drugs … Ensure adequate reversal of neuromuscular blocking drugs prior to extubation. … WebM&M Cases Distraction of the Anesthesiologist and Lack of Resuscitation Drugs

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 30, 2014 - errors involving epidural medication administered intravenously and mistaken reuse of discontinued drugs

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 17, 2021 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-drug-knowledgebase-information-distinguish-between-look-alike-sound-alike-drugs

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 24, 2018 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethical-framework-allocating-scarce-life-saving-chemotherapy-and-supportive-care-drugs

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2023 - medicine-self-administration-errors-older-adult-population-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/polypharmacy-elderly-when-good-drugs-lead-bad-outcomes-teachable-moment

  7. 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)

  8. Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention and control in healthcare institutions. | PSNet

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    October 06, 2010 - From the Same Author(s) Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs … November 20, 2015 Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on

  9. Chemotherapeutic errors in hospitalised cancer patients: attributable damage and extra costs. | PSNet

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    May 04, 2012 - event nonrecognition in emergency departments: an exploratory study on factors related to patients and drugs … May 1, 2013 Characteristics of medication errors with parenteral cytotoxic drugs

  10. Improving cancer patient care with combined medication error reviews and morbidity and mortality conferences. | PSNet

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    February 01, 2012 - event nonrecognition in emergency departments: an exploratory study on factors related to patients and drugs … February 15, 2011 Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs

  11. Medication errors in intravenous drug preparation and administration: a multicentre audit in the UK, Germany and France. | PSNet

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    December 04, 2015 - December 4, 2015 Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs … May 7, 2018 Look alike/sound alike drugs: a literature review on causes and solutions

  12. Under-mined. | PSNet

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    October 27, 2010 - February 14, 2024 Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting … December 18, 2013 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs.

  13. Drug errors are dangerous but preventable. | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - October 21, 2010 Look-alike, sound-alike drugs trigger dangers.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 07, 2023 - This news article discusses the current shortage of chemotherapy drugs, the psychological and physical

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 14, 2023 - dose-makes-poison-medication-error-during-procedural-sedation-pediatric-emergency-department https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/key-potentially-inappropriate-drugs-pediatrics-kids-list

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 22, 2022 - Drugs Aging. 2022;39(5):333-353. doi:10.1007/s40266-022-00940-3.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836759/psn-pdf
    April 06, 2022 - diversion-threat-patient-safety-adopting-best-practices https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/some-health-workers-suffering-addiction-steal-drugs-meant-patients

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47855/psn-pdf
    June 19, 2019 - new-evidence-stemming-low-value-prescribing https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/polypharmacy-elderly-when-good-drugs-lead-bad-outcomes-teachable-moment

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47048/psn-pdf
    April 22, 2023 - also provide  education to highlight the importance of appropriate disposal of unused prescription drugs

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35941/psn-pdf
    May 24, 2006 - ability to correctly identify three commonly used tablets and found that they did not identify the drugs
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