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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-care-transition-trauma-patients
September 02, 2020 - This observational, descriptive, prospective study comprises an analysis of the medication errors that occurred … Results indicate that most medication errors occurred in the trauma unit and 64.2% of these types of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enteral-nutrition-underappreciated-source-patient-safety-events
February 01, 2023 - reported events were classified as "care management events," eg, incorrect rate or dosage; 31% of errors occurred … during administration ; and 28% occurred during monitoring.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-perspective-hematological-cancer-patients-experiences-adverse-events-part-care
December 01, 2019 - In this study of oncology patients, more than one quarter perceived an adverse event had occurred. … While most were informed soon after the event occurred and given an explanation, fewer than half were
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-health-information-technology-usability-issues-contributing-medication-errors
November 03, 2021 - event reports to identify the type of medication error , the stage in the process in which the error occurred … Errors in dosing were the most frequent type, and occurred during ordering or reviewing.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40819/psn-pdf
January 07, 2015 - Although fewer overall errors occurred with the new system, the reduction in
administration errors occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationships-between-medications-used-mental-health-hospital-and-types-medication-errors
November 29, 2023 - This study used 8 years of medication records to identify when in the medication process the error occurred … Nearly one-third of errors were wrong dose and occurred in the prescribing stage.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/omission-high-alert-medications-hidden-danger
January 11, 2017 - The investigation found that more than half of errors occurred during the administration process, and … September 27, 2016
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36342/psn-pdf
March 02, 2011 - Diagnostic errors resulting in patient harm occurred in 181 cases, chiefly
consisting of missed or delayed … As with prior studies
using chart review, reviewer's agreement on whether an error occurred was only
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42968/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - The investigators found that errors occurred at each stage of the
process, with a small but significant … These errors often occurred when providers
entered free-text instructions into the e-prescribing system
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.239_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2011 - Disclosure
Discussing medical errors with patients is challenging
Patients want to know when errors have occurred … Disclosure respects patient autonomy
In general, patients want to learn about harmful errors that have occurred … Additional factors complicate this case:
The disclosing physicians did not make the error
The error occurred … the care provided
Examination of the possible error might involve a root cause analysis
If an error occurred … two hospitals should have had an open dialogue about the case
If they determined that a clear error occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/choosing-your-words-carefully-how-physicians-would-disclose-harmful-medical-errors-patients
February 16, 2011 - Prior research revealed that patients wanted the physicians to apologize for the error, explain how it occurred … Approximately half of respondents declined to explain how the error occurred or discuss specific plans
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-useful-are-voluntary-medication-error-reports-case-warfarin-related-medication-errors
May 27, 2011 - Investigators discovered that inpatient warfarin-related errors occurred most frequently during transcription … /documentation and administration, while outpatient errors occurred most frequently during prescribing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-intent-pharmacy-label-prevalence-and-description-discrepancies-cross-sectional
July 22, 2020 - The investigators found that errors occurred at each stage of the process, with a small but significant … These errors often occurred when providers entered free-text instructions into the e-prescribing system
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multimodal-system-designed-reduce-errors-recording-and-administration-drugs-anaesthesia
September 26, 2012 - Although fewer overall errors occurred with the new system, the reduction in administration errors occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors
March 30, 2022 - independently reviewed by two clinically experienced reviewers in order to determine whether an adverse event occurred … When an adverse event occurred, reviewers also may disagree about whether the event was preventable. … Important subcategories of adverse events include: Preventable adverse events : those that occurred due … could have been less harmful if care had been different; Adverse events due to negligence : those that occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49395/psn-pdf
April 01, 2003 - references
additional 5% experience a potential ADE (ie, the error reached the patient, but no harm occurred … reported similar rates of ADEs, though rates of potential
ADEs were even higher.(5) Most potential ADEs occurred … (Figure 1, Figure 2)
The error in this case occurred independent of prescription legibility. … confusion between ‘dose’ and
‘day,’ due to ambiguous use of the abbreviation “d” in “mg/kg/d,” could have occurred … ensures that orders are complete and in a standard format, eliminating ambiguous dosing
orders as occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-harm-occurring-critically-ill-children
September 28, 2010 - Approximately one error occurred for every five patient-days, although more than three-quarters of these
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/woman-who-died-alta-bates-may-be-victim-medical-error-not-medication-mistake
March 23, 2011 - This newspaper article reports how a medical error, which occurred during a nursing strike, resulted
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.64_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2004 - dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12477944
Disclosure: What Patients Want
Jargon-free statement that error occurred … discussing such issues
Physician may choose words carefully to avoid explicitly stating that an error occurred … malpractice claims
Others argue that the reason few injured patients sue is because they are unaware error occurred … should be disclosed to patients
Error disclosure should include an explicit statement that an error occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44760/psn-pdf
July 10, 2024 - strategy to improve respectful and
effective discussions with patients and families after harm has occurred