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281. Refused Medication Error | PSNet
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     November 01, 2005 - medication prescriptions are never filled, and 50% of medications for chronic disease are not taken as prescribed … as the antibiotic rifaximine, should be considered.( 5 ) In this case, the patient's refusal of the prescribed … Throughout the admission and transfer process, the patient's refusal of the prescribed lactulose and … documentation should have included an assessment of the patient's understanding (or lack thereof) of the prescribed

282. Walking Patient, Missing Drain | PSNet
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     April 01, 2006 - On day 5 of her hospitalization, the physical therapist administered vigorous therapy (as prescribed) … complaints to depression and took no action, allowing the patient to sleep and keeping unchanged the prescribed … EVD or lumbar drain once mobilization is completed to prevent CSF overdrainage and ensure that the prescribed

283. Association of opioid prescribing with opioid consumption after surgery in Michigan. | PSNet
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     December 02, 2020 - This observational study found that when patients were prescribed a higher number of opioid pills following

284. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73899/psn-pdf
     September 29, 2021 - the patient was instructed to continue morphine sulfate ER 60 mg three times daily, but she was only prescribed … of five steps: (1) develop a list of current medications; (2) develop a list of medications to be prescribed … should not be relied upon as a complete history of all the controlled substances a patient has been prescribed … For many patients, cutting tablets is a significant inconvenience and even a barrier to use as prescribed … In this case, dispensing a lower dose of the prescribed medication while awaiting clarification would

285. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44974/psn-pdf
     April 12, 2019 - In this study, health care providers who very frequently prescribed Schedule II controlled substances

286. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47173/psn-pdf
     June 06, 2018 - Most of the calls were classified as unintentional and occurred in patients who had been prescribed

287. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46827/psn-pdf
     March 14, 2018 - errors likely occur in the outpatient setting where most medications in the National Health Service are prescribed

288. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45652/psn-pdf
     June 29, 2017 - opioids most commonly involved in overdose deaths are natural and semisynthetic opioids, which are often prescribed

289. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46267/psn-pdf
     December 21, 2017 - medication dose when they received a dosing tool, such as a syringe, that corresponded more closely to the prescribed

290. Medication Errors in Retail Pharmacies: Wrong Patient, Wrong Instructions. | PSNet
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     March 19, 2019 - Case #2 : A 66-year-old woman was prescribed estradiol vaginal tablets (10 mcg) for post-menopausal symptoms … After five weeks of taking the prescribed medication according to the instructions provided by her pharmacy … that the prescription instructions were incorrectly transcribed as “1 tablet twice per day” versus the prescribed … to verify that the patient has sufficient knowledge of administration and indication for taking the prescribed … medications can aid in verifying patient understanding of administration, monitoring, and indication for prescribed

291. Medication errors: an important component of nonadherence to medication in an outpatient population of lung transplant recipients. | PSNet
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     June 23, 2021 - Unintentional medication errors, including taking the prescribed medication at the wrong dose or time

292. Racial differences in antibiotic prescribing by primary care pediatricians. | PSNet
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     April 22, 2020 - likely to diagnose acute respiratory tract infections in white children, and, when antibiotics were prescribed

293. Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients discharged from acute care hospitals to residential aged care facilities. | PSNet
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     June 23, 2021 - patients aged 70 and older who were discharged from the hospital to a long-term care facility were prescribed

294. Direct oral anticoagulants: a review of common medication errors. | PSNet
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     January 12, 2022 - Anticoagulants are commonly prescribed medications that have high potential for harm if administered

295. Assessment of the FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products. | PSNet
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     January 22, 2020 - Analysis of claims data 5 years into the program revealed that anywhere from 35% to 55% of patients were prescribed

296. Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency department. | PSNet
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     March 30, 2022 - emergency department, an overall error rate of 16.5% was observed, including errors in directions, quantity prescribed

297. AHRQ PSNet Annual Webinar: Evidence on Advancing Rapid Response Systems and Opioid Stewardship. | PSNet
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     December 10, 2024 - Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship explores the use of prescribed and ordered opioids, including

298. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41863/psn-pdf
     November 21, 2012 - Errors of omission (failure to include a prescribed medication) were the most common, and a significant

299. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45065/psn-pdf
     June 01, 2016 - Virtual visit physicians frequently prescribed antibiotics inappropriately, though this is also true

300. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46493/psn-pdf
     January 24, 2019 - four states with PDMPs demonstrated a greater reduction in the average amount of morphine-equivalents prescribed