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  1. Right Place, Right Drug, Wrong Strength | PSNet

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    March 26, 2015 - She was being treated with oral acetaminophen around the clock and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs … A profiled ADC setup releases only drugs that have been ordered and verified to the cabinet patient profile … by minimizing product and concentration options in the hospital formulary, especially for high-alert drugs … management systems, it is worthwhile to try to minimize the number of available concentrations of high-alert drugs

  2. Medication Reconciliation Victory After an Avoidable Error | PSNet

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    April 01, 2015 - updated in 2003 using a literature review and expert consensus.( 8 ) The updated Beers list includes drugs … to be avoided regardless of disease state or condition and a list of drugs to be avoided in patients … Dicyclomine, hyoscyamine, other gastrointestinal antispasmodic drugs High risk of anticholinergic … Discrepancies between in-home interviews and electronic medical records on regularly used drugs

  3. Miscalculated Risk | PSNet

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    March 01, 2015 - As this case illustrates, oral opioids are high-risk drugs worthy of serious consideration when evaluating … morphine.( 5 ) Hydromorphone, meperidine, and morphine have also been erroneously interchanged, as have drugs … medication errors.( 11 ) CPOE might improve analgesic safety by preventing prescribers from ordering drugs … equianalgesic conversion algorithms could be programmed into CPOE software to help prescribers choose drugs

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2012 - nonmedical use of prescription pain medications.(2) Coincident with the greater availability of these drugs … Use of sedating drugs (e.g., antihistamines, benzodiazepines) and/or alcohol use, both associated with … Drugs with opioid agonist effects may cause respiratory depression. … The risk is increased in patients with pre-existing respiratory compromise and with some abused drugs

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2011 - These drugs have few drug–drug interactions, are not subject to variations in diet, and, unlike warfarin … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … Overanticoagulation associated with combined use of antibacterial drugs and acenocoumarol or phenprocoumon … atrial fibrillation and warfarin initiation: high risk periods and implications for new antithrombotic drugs

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  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)

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

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 23, 2019 - The most frequently observed medication administration errors included omissions, administration of drugs

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2016 - warning abandoned because several patients experienced delays in needed treatment with one of the drugs

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2016 - Drugs Aging. 2015;32(3):227-33. doi:10.1007/s40266-015-0244-2.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45097/psn-pdf
    May 09, 2017 - more medications, they are at higher risk for adverse effects from supplements and over-the-counter drugs

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42945/psn-pdf
    February 19, 2014 - physicians seemed to focus on communication and personal responsibility, pharmacists on the complexity of drugs

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 07, 2013 - This study analyzed data from this system to characterize errors due to anticoagulant drugs (which are

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44721/psn-pdf
    August 20, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/computerized-provider-order-entry https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/look-alikesound-alike-drugs-literature-review-causes-and-solutions

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 13, 2009 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/steep-increase-domestic-fatal-medication-errors-use-alcohol-andor-street-drugs
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