Article: USP Releases First Report on Medication Errors Trends in Severity, Types, and Causes of Errors Identified.

Article: Medication errors most frequent--and deadliest
Managed Healthcare;  December 1, 2000 ;     653 words ... ... shows MARBLEHEAD, MD-Medication errors are the most frequently ... 29 deaths resulting from medication errors. Medication error concerns. When asked to ... past year, 64% listed medication errors first. Overall, 94% of ...

Article: VHA Inc. Medication Errors Reduction Initiative ...
PR Newswire;  October 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... likelihood of medication errors in their hospitals ... Clinical Advantage medication error reduction initiative ... Participants in the medication error initiative also ... documents and tracks medication errors. The medication error initiative is ...

Article: Medication Error Reduction Is Focus of Ongoing VHA ...
Business Wire;  December 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... liability." Participants in the medication error initiative have access to the ... anonymously documents and tracks medication errors. The hospitals participating ... related to medication errors. The medication error initiative is one of three national ...

Article: Thirteen Pennsylvania Hospitals Unite to Reduce Medication ...
PR Newswire;  October 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... likelihood of medication errors in their hospitals ... Clinical Advantage Medication Error Reduction initiative ... Participants in the medication error initiative also ... documents and tracks medication errors. The Medication Error Initiative is ...

Article: Sutter Health Unites Its Hospitals to Reduce Medication ...
PR Newswire;  October 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... likelihood of medication errors in their hospitals ... Clinical Advantage Medication Error Reduction initiative ... Participants in the medication error initiative also ... documents and tracks medication errors. The Medication Error Initiative is ...

Article: Sixteen Hospitals on the East Coast Unite to Reduce ...
PR Newswire;  October 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... likelihood of medication errors in their hospitals ... Clinical Advantage Medication Error Reduction initiative ... Participants in the medication error initiative also ... documents and tracks medication errors. The Medication Error Initiative is ...

Article: PARAMEDIC SELF-REPORTED MEDICATION ERRORS
Prehospital Emergency Care;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... committing a medication error in the past ... and wrong medication errors (4 ... incidence of medication errors. Key words ... prehospital; medication; error; paramedic ... subset of medication errors that occur ... prehospital medication error.6,7 ...