medication errors

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Should medication errors that have caused no harm be punished by the Board of Pharmacy?

I received the following anonymous letter written to the California State Board of Pharmacy from "A concerned pharmacist." I think he brings up a valid point. What do you think?More »

medication errors

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Medication Errors

I truly believe that the "Standards" of Pharmacy need to be reviewed by all: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Doctors, and Most Importantly the PATIENTS.More »

Insurance Companies, Mail Order, medication errors, patient counseling, Patient Safety, Pharmaceutical Profession

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Study Highlights Lack of Patient Knowledge Regarding Hospital Medications

12/11/2009

In a new study to assess patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one medication that they had been prescribed during hospitalization. These findings are published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.More »

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Research Shows Prescribers Miss Potentially Dangerous Drug Pairs

07/14/2009

Tuscon, AZ: Research led by The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy has found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous drug-drug interactions.More »

drug-drug combinations, medication errors, Prescribing errors

H2 Antagonists and Metoclopramide Top List of Drugs Associated with Medication Errors in Children

07/09/2009

The most common substances involved in 10-fold medication errors reported to U.S. poison control centers were histamine H2-receptor antagonists and metoclopramide, according to study published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. Most exposures occurred in the home and involved children 12 months of age or younger.More »

Dosing errors, H2 antagonists, medication errors, metoclopramide, poison control centers

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Dealing with Pharmacy Errors - A Positive Approach To Resolution

Any Pharmacist who claims that they never made a mistake is simply not telling the truth.

Pharmacy errors occur even under the strictest protocol envisioned by any advisory expert in the development of risk management.

Pharmacies with high tech features must still deal with the reality that humans will at some time cause errors in the pharmacy environment.

When an error is detected, it is a learning experience.More »

Dosing errors, errors, medication errors, phramacy errors
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