Tag Archives: Medication Errors
Saturday morning coffee [December 6 2014]
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything” ~unknown Welcome to December. Hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. So much happens each and every week, and it’s hard … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [August 9 2014]
“If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that’s another weakness.” -Jack Handey So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some … Continue reading
Medical errors remain a problem despite years of effort
I recently read an article at Senator Bernie Sanders website about preventable medication errors. The article lists preventable medical errors in hospitals as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. behind only heart disease and cancer. The article … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [December 21 2013]
“Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.” – Fran Lebowitz So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [March 30 2013]
So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are open in my browser this morning along with some random thoughts…. The coffee mug to the right comes … Continue reading
CPOE reduces likelihood of error by nearly 50% [article]? I’m skeptical
There’s quite a bit of talk floating around the internet about a recent article in JAMIA that looks at reduction of medication errors in hospitals secondary to CPOE adoption (J Am Med Inform Assoc doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001241). The article is available for free … Continue reading
Accuracy of preparation of i.v. medication syringes for anesthesiology [article]
Here’s an interesting article from the January issue of AJHP that talks about the accuracy of medication syringes used in surgical procedures. Some of the findings are a bit unnerving: “18% of preparations deviated from the declared dose by ±20%, … Continue reading
Forcing re-entry of patient ID cuts wrong-patient errors
You know how websites make you double enter your email address and password when you sign up for a service? Well, apparently that’s not a bad system for making sure you have the right patient during order entry. You’d think … Continue reading
Prenteral nutrition error [from #ISMP]
From the latest ISMP Medication Safety Alert!, a mix up between an adult parenteral nutrition (PN) template in an electronic health record (#EHR) and one for pediatrics. The big difference between these two is how you order electrolytes; it’s a … Continue reading