John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma or a patient doing poorly, there’s a real ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, certain safety measures have improved in some healthcare settings, such as infection rates and medication errors. However, these gains are inconsistent, and safety can ...

Medication errors account for 78 per cent of serious medical errors in intensive care, but strategies such as keeping medication lists up to date can help, doctors say. In research detailed in ...

Patients are rarely informed when medication errors are made in hospitals, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine. Researchers studied hospital intensive care unit and non-ICU medication ...

Close to one-third of Oregonians have experience with medical errors like incorrectly prescribed medication or botched surgeries, but providers often failed to adequately inform them of their errors, ...

Medical errors are not necessarily the fault of one individual. System errors also lead to medical discrepancies, and fixing these decreases the overall risk of medical errors. Nurses taking ...

Almost 100 cases of patient harm have been linked to Queensland's new electronic medical record system in just over a year, including instances of patients being administered incorrect doses of drugs.

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