Article: Medication errors in a rural hospital.(Research for Practice)(Clinical report)

Article: FDA partnership to cut medication ...
Pharma Marketletter;  June 26, 2006 ;     622 words ... ... a Pennsylvania-based non-profit organization, to reduce the almost 7,000 deaths annually in the USA, caused by medication errors. Andrew von Eschenbach, Acting Commissioner of the FDA said: "some abbreviations, symbols and dose designations are ...

Article: Study finds relatively few medication errors result ...
Healthcare Strategic Management;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Relatively few medication errors in 2001 resulted ... certain types of medication errors are more likely to ... Rockville, Md.-based United States Pharmacopeia's ... drugs. In addition, medication errors frequently involved ...

Article: Preventing medication errors.
Pediatrics for Parents;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... problem of pediatric medication errors, the United States Pharmacopeia ... help minimize medication errors and prevent drug ... December, of medication errors captured in 2001 ... president of the United States Pharmacopeia ...

Article: I.T. Shores Up Defenses Against Medication Errors: ...
Health Data Management;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... vulnerable it was to potential medication errors. The 280-bed delivery ... deaths caused annually by medication errors in the United States (see February 2001 issue ... medical errors, of which medication errors is a large subset. Since ...

Article: Report states harmful medication errors more likely ...
Medical Imaging;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 2004, 12% of the 2,032 medication errors reported in radiological ... contributed to harmful medication errors. Patients often circulate ... nongovernmental database of medication errors in the United States. For more information ...

Article: Medication errors in perspective. (Horizons).(Brief ...
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Factors associated with medication errors included lack of pharmacy ... effective way to reduce medication errors is to decentralize the ... Franke, T. (2001). Medication errors in the United States. Pharmacotherapy 21 ...

Article: Thompson Announces Steps to Reduce Medication ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... they cause, medication errors represent a significant ... economic cost to the United States. According to ... hospitalizations result from medication errors. The expected ... near miss") medication errors occurring in the United States. An example ...