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121. Evaluation of drug interaction software to identify alerts for transplant medications. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Study Evaluation of drug interaction software to identify alerts for transplant medications … Evaluation of drug interaction software to identify alerts for transplant medications. … Evaluation of drug interaction software to identify alerts for transplant medications.

122. Validation of a mobile app for reducing errors of administration of medications in an emergency. | PSNet
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     September 23, 2020 - Study Validation of a mobile app for reducing errors of administration of medications … Validation of a mobile app for reducing errors of administration of medications in an emergency. … Validation of a mobile app for reducing errors of administration of medications in an emergency.

123. ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings. | PSNet
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     January 26, 2023 - Measurement Tool/Indicator ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings … Citation Text: ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings. … Cite Citation Citation Text: ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications … June 28, 2019 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications.

124. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 30, 2024 - Therapeutic errors involving diabetes medications reported to United States poison centers. … Therapeutic errors involving diabetes medications reported to United States poison centers. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/therapeutic-errors-involving-diabetes-medications-reported-united-states … - poison-centers Errors in the administration of diabetes medications can result in emergency department … Using National Poison Data System data, researchers found that errors involving diabetes medications

125. 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

126. Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study. | PSNet
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     February 15, 2011 - Study Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on … Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: … Medication reconciliation revealed a high rate of prescribing and transcribing errors in the discharge medications … Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital:

127. A call for a systems-thinking approach to medication adherence: stop blaming the patient. | PSNet
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     November 09, 2022 - nonadherence and suggests that a systems thinking approach can enable reliable patient use of prescription medications … , 2008 Patient factors associated with new prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications … in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications. … Multicompartment compliance aids in the community: the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications … April 24, 2015 Implementation of standardized dosing units for I.V. medications.

128. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 29, 2020 - Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature review. … Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misreading-injectable-medications-causes-and-solutions-integrative-literature … this integrative literature review, the authors discuss the evidence on how misreading injectable medications … can contribute to medication errors and whether interventions to increase the readability of these medications

129. 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

130. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 12, 2020 - Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating medications following a heart failure hospitalization … Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating medications following a heart failure hospitalization … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescribing-patterns-heart-failure-exacerbating-medications-following-heart … - failure Various potentially inappropriately prescribed medications can exacerbate heart failure ( … This study examined patterns of prescribing HF-exacerbating medications for Medicare beneficiaries 65

131. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 14, 2023 - Home Medications Contribute to a Unique Opportunity for Error on Discharge from the Hospital June 14 … Home Medications Contribute to a Unique Opportunity for Error on Discharge from the Hospital. … The medication storage issue is even more complex for home medications.8 For medications on formulary … Home medications, however, require a storage solution that is independent of the workflow for medications … Storage of patients' home medications during hospitalizations. 

132. 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.

133. Improving Safety, Efficiencies, and Reducing Waste with Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: A Roadmap to Success. | PSNet
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     January 24, 2024 - Improving Safety, Efficiencies, and Reducing Waste with Ready-to-Administer IV Medications … July 24, 2013 ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings. … July 28, 2010 ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Healthcare. … August 24, 2022 Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications. … February 11, 2015 ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

134. 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.

135. 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

136. 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.

137. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2019 - She was severely volume depleted and received intravenous hydration, including her home medications, … A quick chart review revealed that the patient was receiving her multiple antipsychotic medications, … Ebong, MBBS, MS This case highlights how commonly prescribed medications can lead to serious adverse … interactions between the various medications that the patient was receiving.  … For high-risk QT prolonging medications (e.g.

138. Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered rounds. | PSNet
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     July 09, 2018 - Study Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered rounds. … Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered rounds. … observational study found that more than half of parents of hospitalized children initiated conversations about medications … Family-initiated dialogue about medications during family-centered rounds.

139. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 07, 2019 - 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.

140. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 10, 2024 - Decreasing prescribing errors in antimicrobial stewardship program-restricted medications. … Decreasing prescribing errors in antimicrobial stewardship program- restricted medications. … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-prescribing-errors-antimicrobial-stewardship-program-restricted- medications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-prescribing-errors-antimicrobial-stewardship-program-restricted-medications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-prescribing-errors-antimicrobial-stewardship-program-restricted-medications