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101. Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Study Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications … Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications. … Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications.

102. Misuse of pediatric medications and parent–physician communication: an interactive voice response intervention. | PSNet
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     May 27, 2011 - Study Misuse of pediatric medications and parent–physician communication: an interactive … Misuse of Pediatric Medications and Parent-Physician Communication: An Interactive Voice Response Intervention … The intervention increased medication communication but did not make parents more likely to bring medications … Misuse of Pediatric Medications and Parent-Physician Communication: An Interactive Voice Response Intervention … November 21, 2016 Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered

103. What happens to the medication regimens of older adults during and after an acute hospitalization? | PSNet
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     May 19, 2021 - discharged from the medical service at a teaching hospital found that, on average, patients had two new medications … started at discharge, and among their chronic medications had one discontinued and one dosage changed … However, 3 days after discharge, patients had reverted to taking their chronic medications as previously … prescribed and had discontinued taking a significant proportion of new medications. … December 29, 2014 Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications

104. Over-the-Counter Oversight | PSNet
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     March 21, 2009 - During the preoperative visit, the patient's prescription medications were reviewed and updated in his … asked about medications purchased over the counter. … One study reported that 27% of patients incorrectly continued or discontinued one or more medications … , over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. … Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation.

105. Wrong-Time Error With High-Alert Medication | PSNet
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     February 01, 2014 - The Commentary by Annie Yang, PharmD, and Lewis Nelson, MD Although all medications carry risk of … patient harm when used in error, some medications are riskier than others. … These are known as high-alert medications. … , with a particular focus on high-alert medications. … "( 9 ) Medications requiring administration separate from other medications or certain designated premedications

106. When the Meds Don’t Reach the Bed | PSNet
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     May 16, 2022 - Given the patient’s inability to pay for the discharge medications, the social worker on the discharge … planning team sent a voucher to cover the cost of medications to the commercial pharmacy around 11:00 … Scheduled transport arrived at 4:00pm and the patient was discharged without his medications. … Unfortunately, he had been unable to relieve these symptoms with the medications he had available at … Evaluation of Bedside Delivery of Medications Before Discharge: Effect on 30-Day Readmission.

107. Enhancing high alert medication knowledge among pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff. | PSNet
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     December 15, 2021 - High-alert medications have the potential to cause serious patient harm . … After implementation of an intervention to enhance staff knowledge of high-alert medications, confidence … significantly increased, and most respondents could correctly identify high alert medications and associated … April 3, 2024 Preventing errors when preparing and administering medications via enteral … December 22, 2021 Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications

108. Communication relating to family members' involvement and understandings about patients' medication management in hospital. | PSNet
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     June 16, 2021 - Polypharmacy , or taking multiple medications, is a risk factor for adverse drug events . … family members participated in medication management for hospitalized patients taking five or more medications … engage in discussions with family members as they can know important information regarding patients' medications … November 6, 2015 Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across … November 21, 2016 Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered

109. CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain—United States, 2016. | PSNet
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     June 14, 2019 - Opioid pain medications carry high risk for adverse drug events and misuse . … events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for prescribing opioid medications … The authors recommend using opioids for chronic pain only if nonopioid medications and nonpharmacologic … For acute pain, they recommend limiting duration of therapy, stating that more than 1 week of medications … The guidelines also suggest minimizing concurrent use of opioids and other sedating medications and dispensing

110. Challenges of Diabetes Management and Medication Reconciliation | PSNet
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     March 15, 2023 - can help elicit additional information for non-oral medications, non-daily medications, as-needed medications … , or non-prescription medications. … , “what medications do you take by mouth for your diabetes? … What medications do you inject, if any?” … Medications used to treat diabetes are high-risk medications and may warrant additional time and resources

111. Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription errors. | PSNet
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     May 10, 2017 - Study Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on … Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription … clinical decision support reduced medication errors (greater than maximum dose) for five high-alert medications … This work supports the use of clinical decision support for high-risk medications. … Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription

112. Fake and expired medications in simulation-based education: an underappreciated risk to patient safety. | PSNet
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     September 26, 2012 - Commentary Fake and expired medications in simulation-based education: an underappreciated … Fake and expired medications in simulation-based education: an underappreciated risk to patient safety … Simulation-based education in health care is common, and typically training exercises use artificial and expired medications … This commentary describes how these fake medications can introduce risks when they are accidentally … Fake and expired medications in simulation-based education: an underappreciated risk to patient safety

113. Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health-related quality of life among US older adults. | PSNet
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     June 08, 2010 - Study Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and … Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health‐related quality of … People taking potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) are at increased risk for adverse events, … Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health‐related quality of … The impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Prescribing on residents' emergency care use.

114. 'America's other drug problem': copious prescriptions for hospitalized elderly. | PSNet
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     May 12, 2021 - patients are particularly vulnerable to medication errors , as they are often prescribed multiple medications … This news article reports on complexities associated with managing medications in older patients, including … A recent WebM&M commentary discussed strategies to safely manage medications in older patients and … June 25, 2014 Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital. … November 2, 2010 Keeping track of aging patients’ medications.

115. Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings. | PSNet
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     January 06, 2017 - Study Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings … Brief report: Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings. … retrospectively examined the failure rate of recommended laboratory surveillance for patients on specific chronic medications … Brief report: Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings.

116. 2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving. | PSNet
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     July 12, 2016 - Book/Report 2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving … Citation Text: 2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving. … This report provides results of a survey about older adults' awareness of common medications that may … Cite Citation Citation Text: 2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications

117. When Looks Aren’t All They Appear to Be: A Medication Error in an Uncommon Indication | PSNet
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     July 02, 2019 - The medication was discontinued as a result of altered mental status possibly secondary to medications … LASA medications are those that, either spoken or written, may be potentially result in harmful errors … as of 2019. 2  LASA medications account for almost 30% of dispensing errors and name confusion is a … Other medications, including prochlorperazine, gabapentin and baclofen, are sometimes used off label … Guide on Handling Look Alike Sound Alike Medications. WHO.   ISMP: List of Confused Drug Names.

118. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2024 - For example, the intravenous anticoagulant heparin is considered one of the highest-risk medications  … one-third of adults in the United States take 5 or more medications. … Transitions in care are also a well-documented source of preventable harm related to medications. … settings—medications that can cause significant patient harm if used in error. … , antiplatelet agents (such as aspirin and clopidogrel), and opioid pain medications.

119. Changes in prescription and over-the-counter medication and dietary supplement use among older adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011. | PSNet
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     May 06, 2020 - Older adults commonly use over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements , which can lead to … adverse events when taken alone and in combination with prescription medications. … Since older patients are typically prescribed more medications, they are at higher risk for adverse … population-based sample of adults between ages 62 and 85 found that while the use of over-the-counter medications … declined over time, the number of dietary supplements and prescribed medications increased.

120. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet
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     December 15, 2024 - For example, the intravenous anticoagulant heparin is considered one of the  highest-risk medications … of adults in the United States take 5 or more medications . … Transitions in care are also a well-documented source of preventable harm related to medications. … settings—medications that can cause significant patient harm if used in error. … ), antiplatelet agents (such as aspirin and clopidogrel), and opioid pain medications.