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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34795/psn-pdf
    December 23, 2008 - They suggest that, after adjustment for the number of drugs administered, ICUs and non-ICUs share comparable

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35050/psn-pdf
    May 27, 2011 - The authors conclude that while there is a capacity to safely administer drugs using computers, more

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 21, 2009 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-ambulatory-chemotherapy-setting Chemotherapeutic drugs

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42322/psn-pdf
    June 05, 2013 - developing safer systems for the appropriate prescribing, administration, and monitoring of anticoagulant drugs

  5. Direct Oral Anticoagulants are High-Risk Medications with Potentially Complex Dosing | PSNet

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    August 21, 2005 - DOAC drugs should not be considered simply as substitutes for warfarin because their mechanism of action … Compared to warfarin, DOAC drugs are not as effective in preventing thrombosis for some conditions.  … in patients taking it as compared to patients taking warfarin. 11  In combination with anti-platelet drugs … Titusville, NJ: Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.; 2020.  Eikelboom, J, Connoly, S, Bosch, J. … Ridgefield, CT: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 2020.  SAVAYSA [Package Insert].

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 07, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/examining-increase-drug-shortages https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/shortage-perioperative-drugs-implications-anesthesia-practice-and-patient-safety

  7. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

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    February 01, 2012 - 4 factors: Informing providers the point of care, allowing them to choose best and most affordable drugs … At Henry Ford Health System, clinical decision support was associated with increased use of generic drugs … with E-prescribing Experts have recommended all e-prescribing systems use standard nomenclature for drugs

  8. High-priority drug–drug interactions for use in electronic health records. | PSNet

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    September 01, 2016 - March 4, 2015 Preventability of adverse drug events involving multiple drugs using publicly

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 14, 2017 - accompanying editorial notes that the FDA is under pressure to relax restrictions on marketing of drugs

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 23, 2012 - potentially-inappropriate-medications-defined-stopp-criteria-and-risk-adverse- drug-events Many medications, particularly sedatives and other drugs

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 14, 2017 - In this study, those drugs and digoxin accounted for nearly one-third of ADEs requiring hospitalization

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37112/psn-pdf
    May 26, 2011 - While the study results are promising, one caveat is that the system was not used for high-risk drugs

  13. Mismanagement of Delirium | PSNet

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    February 13, 2014 - first step in pharmacological management of delirium is to discontinue or reduce doses of psychoactive drugs … Drugs that could cause or worsen delirium should be discontinued or doses adjusted. … sedative hypnotics, anticholinergics, corticosteroids, polypharmacy, withdrawal of alcohol or other drugs … Renal, hepatic, and thyroid function Cultures of urine, blood, sputum Concentrations of suspected drugs … from delirium Management Actions Drug adjustments Reduce or remove psychoactive drugs

  14. A Mistaken Dose of Naloxone  | PSNet

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    March 21, 2009 - involved opioids – a 12% increase from 2016. 1  This opioid overdose epidemic is due to use of illicit drugs … , highly potent synthetic opioids, mixing of illicit and prescription opioid or sedative drugs, and misused … Prescription drugs: prescribers: naloxone hydrochloride and other FDA-approved drugs ,  AB 2760 , 2018

  15. Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error | PSNet

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    August 01, 2006 - These regimens can involve multiple drugs administered in repetitive cycles, and are adjusted periodically … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … July 23, 2014 Characteristics of medication errors with parenteral cytotoxic drugs. … February 1, 2012 Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs

  16. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet

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    April 04, 2018 - It is well known that high doses of opioids as well as the combination of multiple opioids, illicit drugs … .( 1 ) The remaining 10% of patients seeing multiple doctors and typically involved in diversion of drugs … The combination of multiple drugs along with comorbid conditions and social instability should have been … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43904/psn-pdf
    October 13, 2015 - reducing-unacceptable-missed-doses-pharmacy-assistant-supported-medicine-administration https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/audit-missed-or-delayed-antimicrobial-drugs

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39921/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2016 - warning abandoned because several patients experienced delays in needed treatment with one of the drugs

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46587/psn-pdf
    January 23, 2019 - The most frequently observed medication administration errors included omissions, administration of drugs

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49617/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2011 - involvement of pharmacists at the time of therapeutic decisions is encouraged, particularly when prescribing drugs … participation of pharmacists as active members of physician rounding teams reduces preventable adverse drugs … key patient safety points specific to prescribing potentially nephrotoxic and/or renally eliminated drugs
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