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  1. Electronic Prescribing Using A Community Utility: The ePrescribing Gateway | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-using-community-utility-eprescribing-gateway
    January 01, 2023 - Setting Ambulatory Setting Pharmacy Health Care Theme Adverse Events Medication Medication … Errors This project, part of five grants awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and … Physicians reviewed and rated suspected adverse drug events and medication errors.

  2. Title Page (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015270-hayden-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - and identified actual errors in transcription, administration, and near misses for the four types of medication … error (ordering, transcription, dispensing, and administration). … errors. … Through this study we examined two types of medication errors: a) transcription errors and b) administration … Adding these together, this would be a near miss rate, just for these three types of medication errors

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854982/psn-pdf
    November 01, 2023 - adverse-drug-event-prevention-and-detection-older-emergency-department- patients Older adults are at increased risk of medication … errors due to medical complexity and polypharmacy.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43347/psn-pdf
    September 03, 2014 - popi-pediatrics-omission-prescriptions-and-inappropriate-prescriptions-development-tool https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescribing-safely-children https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events-pediatric-inpatients

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853233/psn-pdf
    September 06, 2023 - weight-estimation-drug-dose-calculations-prehospital-setting-systematic-review Inaccurate estimations of patient weight can lead to medication … errors in the prehospital period.

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74212/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2022 - using-failure-mode-and-effects-analysis-increase-patient-safety-cancer-chemotherapy https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chemotherapy-medication-errors

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46836/psn-pdf
    February 21, 2018 - drone-delivery-medications-review-landscape-and-legal-considerations https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-six-sigma-reduce-medication-errors-home-delivery-pharmacy-service

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41574/psn-pdf
    August 08, 2012 - site-pharmacists-ed-improve-medical-errors The presence of a pharmacist in the emergency department was associated with fewer medication … errors during resuscitations and trauma situations.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41567/psn-pdf
    October 19, 2012 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-during-preparation-drug-infusions-randomized-controlled-trial Medication … errors were less frequent and medications were administered more rapidly, when pre-filled syringes

  10. Medication administration in aged care facilities: a mixed-methods systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-administration-aged-care-facilities-mixed-methods-systematic-review
    March 05, 2025 - Review Medication administration in aged care facilities: a mixed-methods systematic review. Citation Text: Garratt S, Dowling A, Manias E. Medication administration in aged care facilities: a mixed‐methods systematic review. J Adv Nurs. 2025;81(2):621-640. doi:10.1111/jan.16318. Copy …

  11. DTaP–Tdap mix-ups now affecting hundreds of patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dtap-tdap-mix-ups-now-affecting-hundreds-patients
    June 10, 2018 - Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 ISMP medication … error report analysis.

  12. Wise before the event. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wise-event
    October 09, 2024 - September 27, 2017 Medication errors: a prospective cohort study of hand-written and … September 30, 2010 What do hospital staff in the UK think are the causes of penicillin medication … errors?

  13. Pediatric drug labeling: improving the safety and efficacy of pediatric therapies. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-drug-labeling-improving-safety-and-efficacy-pediatric-therapies
    January 24, 2024 - July 15, 2010 Heparin sodium injection 10,000 units/mL, and HEP-LOCK U/P 10 units/mL medication … errors. … March 22, 2010 Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for oral suspension: potential medication errors

  14. Impact of sample size on variation of adverse events and preventable adverse events: systematic review on epidemiology and contributing factors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-sample-size-variation-adverse-events-and-preventable-adverse-events-systematic-review
    May 15, 2024 - December 15, 2014 Reporting and Learning Systems for Medication Errors: The Role of Pharmacovigilance … January 18, 2013 How are medication errors defined?

  15. Patient safety incidents in hospice care: observations from interdisciplinary case conferences. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-incidents-hospice-care-observations-interdisciplinary-case-conferences
    June 15, 2022 - number of patients receiving home hospice services is growing, and this descriptive study found that medication … errors and falls appear to be among the prominent patient safety concerns in such patients. … October 10, 2018 Improving medication error reporting in hospice care.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61052/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2019 - inadvertent-administration-oral-liquid-medicine-vein https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-solutions-reduce-wrong-route-medication-errors

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39260/psn-pdf
    January 27, 2010 - initiative to distribute error reports to practitioners, called the National Alert Network for Serious Medication … Errors.

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35335/psn-pdf
    June 17, 2014 - It is the third in a series of six briefs focusing on medication errors.

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866684/psn-pdf
    September 11, 2024 - a hospital stay, a patient may receive a medication review with a pharmacist to reduce the risk of medication … errors.

  20. Logging Tool | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/document-type/logging-tool
    January 01, 2023 - Primary Care Visual Error Reporting Tool Description The Primary Care Visual Medication … Error Reporting Tool is a tool using pictures/diagrams to be used in the reporting of errors.
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