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141. Adverse events related to accidental unintentional ingestions from cough and cold medications in children. | PSNet
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     May 06, 2020 - Adverse events related to accidental unintentional ingestions from cough and cold medications … Adverse events related to accidental unintentional ingestions from cough and cold medications in children … Adverse events related to accidental unintentional ingestions from cough and cold medications in children … US emergency department visits for acute harms from over-the-counter cough and cold medications … August 19, 2015 Adverse events from cough and cold medications after a market withdrawal

142. 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

143. 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.

144. 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. 

145. Indication alerts intercept drug name confusion errors during computerized entry of medication orders. | PSNet
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     August 28, 2019 - Clinicians use thousands of prescription medications during routine care, and new medications are regularly … Confusion between medications with names that appear or sound similar is a common cause of medication … provider order entry system—with an alert that prompted providers to enter the indication when certain medications … that these alerts be implemented to decrease medication errors, they suggest narrowing the number of medications

146. Health outcomes of deprescribing interventions among older residents in nursing homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
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     March 01, 2023 - Researchers found that interventions in which medications were reviewed according to prespecified criteria … March 4, 2020 Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications … April 26, 2023 Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications … Deprescribing as a Patient Safety Strategy October 27, 2021 Potentially inappropriate medications … EMR-enabled computerized decision support systems to reduce prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications

147. Assessment of attitudes toward deprescribing in older Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. | PSNet
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     June 30, 2021 - Deprescribing or stopping unnecessary medications is an important strategy for reducing medication-related … group of 1981 Medicare beneficiaries reported broad support (92%) for stopping at least one of their medications … medicine actually killed my wife': patient and family perspectives on shared decision-making to optimize medications … July 17, 2019 Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions … EMR-enabled computerized decision support systems to reduce prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications

148. 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

149. Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: a potentially fatal in-home medication error. | PSNet
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     June 24, 2020 - Commentary Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: a potentially … Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: A potentially fatal in-home medication error … Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: A potentially fatal in-home medication error … June 16, 2019 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription medications … 2012 Prevent medication errors: a New Year's resolution: teaching patients about their medications

150. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 25, 2024 - Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health-related quality of … Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-potentially-inappropriate-medications-prescription-and … - health-related People taking potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) are at increased risk for … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-potentially-inappropriate-medications-prescription-and-health-related

151. Cups of Error | PSNet
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     January 12, 2011 - During his stay at a rehabilitation unit, a nursing student administered a “cup” of medications that … Unfortunately, this cup of medications belonged to another patient on the unit. … ones in her cup and discovered the wrong medications—also a near miss for her patient. … Recommendations to enhance accuracy of administration of medications. … December 12, 2018 Teaching students to administer medications safely.

152. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications? … How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-accurately-do-older-adult-emergency-department-patients-recall-their- medications … only 23% of older adults in the Emergency Department had complete agreement between self-reported medications … which can result in adverse events, as antibiotics can have potentially fatal interactions with many medications

153. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 26, 2019 - Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions of care: a systematic … Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions of care: a systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/family-involvement-managing-medications-older-patients-across-transitions … experience a variety of challenges related to such transitions, including managing changes to their medications … there is significant opportunity for health care providers to improve family engagement in managing medications

154. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 08, 2020 - Applying the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs Toolkit in a rural primary care clinic … Applying the Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs Toolkit in a rural primary care clinic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-medications-transitions-and-clinical-handoffs-toolkit-rural-primary … - care-clinic The Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs Toolkit (MATCH) provides strategies … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medications-transitions-and-clinical-handoffs-match-toolkit-medication-reconciliation

155. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - US emergency department visits for acute harms from over-the-counter cough and cold medications, 2017 … US emergency department visits for acute harms from over-the- counter cough and cold medications, 2017 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-emergency-department-visits-acute-harms-over-counter-cough-and-cold- medications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-emergency-department-visits-acute-harms-over-counter-cough-and-cold-medications … -2017-2019 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-over-counter-cough-and-cold-medications-children

156. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2024 - ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismps-list-high-alert-medications-acute-care-settings This fact sheet lists … medications with a high risk of causing significant harm to patients when incorrectly administered. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismps-list-high-alert-medications-acute-care-settings https://psnet.ahrq.gov … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/high-risk-medications-high-risk-transfers

157. 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

158. Medication Reconciliation Victory After an Avoidable Error | PSNet
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     April 01, 2015 - Upon arrival to the ward, the admitting nurse attempted to reconcile her home medications with those … However, the patient was unable to tell the nurse which medications she was taking. … A family member was asked to return to the patient's home, gather all of her medications, and bring them … Some medications had been filled at a local pharmacy, while others were filled by a mail-order pharmacy … Her medications were reviewed, and she reported that she was taking all of the medications, as prescribed

159. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high- alert medications: a systematic review May … Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications: a systematic review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harm-prevalence-due-medication-errors-involving-high-alert-medications- … review analyzed five studies discussing adverse events due to medical errors involving high-alert medications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harm-prevalence-due-medication-errors-involving-high-alert-medications-systematic-review

160. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 08, 2020 - STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older … STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stoppstart-criteria-potentially-inappropriate-medications-potential-prescribing … to Right Treatment) are criteria used as a tool for clinicians to review potentially inappropriate medications … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stoppstart-criteria-potentially-inappropriate-medications-potential-prescribing-omissions