Have you ever forgotten to take your blood pressure drug? Or grabbed a teaspoon from a kitchen drawer to measure liquid medication­? Those are two examples of medication errors that are all too easy ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(9):955-959. Selection of incorrect medications and medication expiration are examples of problems that occur with open-shelf storage of pharmaceuticals. Although many ...

One of the basic assumptions about health care is that patients take medications to aid care. However, there may be times when medication does not aid care, but rather, jeopardizes patient safety.

COLUMBIA — By the time emergency medical services workers arrived at the Chesco group home in Pageland in Chesterfield County, Michael Ashby Farrow had already died. Police said the 55-year-old ...

Medication errors are one of the leading health hazards in the U.S. But as a recent report from the ECRI Institute makes clear, what makes this issue so complex for hospitals to manage are the ...

On April 17, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices added more recommendations to its list of medical abbreviations that should never be used. The organization’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations ...

Impact of the Methotrexate Administration Dose on the Need for Intrathecal Treatment in Children and Adolescents With Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Results of a Randomized Trial of the EICNHL Group ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A former Indianapolis CVS (Consumer Value Stores) employee says understaffing is causing frequent medication mistakes at a near north side store location. Katie Forbes is a ...

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The inpatient pharmacy component of the medication-use process is complex and error prone. Its functioning relies on interactions among providers, patients ...