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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 08, 2014 - Emergency hospitalizations for unsupervised prescription medication ingestions by young children. October 8, 2014 Lovegrove MC, Mathew J, Hampp C, et al. Emergency hospitalizations for unsupervised prescription medication ingestions by young children. Pediatrics. 2014;134(4):e1009-16. doi:10.1542/peds.2014-0840. h…

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 02, 2019 - Communication failure: analysis of prescribers' use of an internal free-text field on electronic prescriptions. July 2, 2019 Ai A, Wong A, Amato MG, et al. Communication failure: analysis of prescribers’ use of an internal free-text field on electronic prescriptions. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25(6):709-714. doi:1…

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 11, 2024 - AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Patient Safety by Enhancing Medication Safety. September 11, 2024 Ahrq-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Patient Safety By Enhancing Medication Safety. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2024. AHRQ Publication No. 24-…

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 22, 2017 - Non–health care facility medication errors resulting in serious medical outcomes. December 22, 2017 Hodges NL, Spiller HA, Casavant MJ, et al. Non-health care facility medication errors resulting in serious medical outcomes. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2018;56(1):43-50. doi:10.1080/15563650.2017.1337908. https://psnet.a…

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 23, 2008 - They suggest that, after adjustment for the number of drugs administered, ICUs and non-ICUs share comparable

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 27, 2011 - The authors conclude that while there is a capacity to safely administer drugs using computers, more

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 05, 2013 - developing safer systems for the appropriate prescribing, administration, and monitoring of anticoagulant 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)

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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

  11. Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. | PSNet

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    August 20, 2018 - Study Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. Citation Text: Farooq M, Kirke C, Foley K. Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. Ir J Med Sci. 2008;177(3):243-5. doi:10.1007/s11845-008-0166-7. Copy Citati…

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 26, 2011 - While the study results are promising, one caveat is that the system was not used for high-risk drugs

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system. | PSNet

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    June 30, 2011 - Study Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system. Citation Text: Mille F, Schwartz C, Brion F, et al. Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug-drug interaction detection system. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008;20(6):400-5. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzn038. Copy Ci…
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