Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(11):1022-1028. Q: How can potential medication errors be minimized when dispensing investigational drugs to better ensure patient safety and improve adherence to the ...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released an updated toolkit to combat the high incidence of medication errors in ambulatory care settings. The updated guidance takes into ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Objectives:Medication errors are common in the hospital setting. Little is known about these errors in Saudi Arabia. The objective of the current study was to explore the rate of reporting medication ...