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December 20, 2019
In an effort to achieve accuracy, oftentimes clinicians are hesitant to check first dose peak and trough levels for aminoglycosides. The tendency is to obtain peak […]
December 27, 2019
Most hospitals practice continuous quality improvement and therefore have some type of medication error program in place. In many instances, we find that hospitals have an […]
January 8, 2020
Medical malpractice case reviews can present a number of challenges to all parties. This is especially true with a expert witness. On occasion, an expert might […]
January 15, 2020
“Between January and December 1990, the number of medication error reports received per month ranged from 73 to 141. In that year the number of errors […]
January 22, 2020
In order to reduce medication errors, it is essential that they first be identified and reported, a key component of Root Cause Analysis. This process helps […]
January 29, 2020
The human error problem can be viewed in two ways: the person approach and the system approach. Each has its model of error causation and each […]
February 12, 2020
According to a July 2016 Pharmacy Times article by Alan Polnariev, PharmD, MS, CGP entitled Overcoming Obstacles to Medication Error Reporting (http://ow.ly/1RH330jqiWG), as of 2013 between […]
February 19, 2020
Unfortunately we all make mistakes, even physicians. So when it comes down to the care of a patient it is important to take all appropriate measures […]
February 26, 2020
Previously we were asked to evaluate a 50 year old patient who was admitted for chest pain and SOB. The patient had a prior history […]
March 4, 2020
Assessing cause and effect can often be challenging in a medical malpractice case. However, when the suspected cause involves a medication, the analysis is typically straightforward. […]
March 10, 2020
Medication histories are important in preventing prescription errors and consequent risks to patients. Apart from preventing prescription errors, accurate medication histories are also useful in detecting […]
March 18, 2020
According to ISMP, “A national or other regional medication error rate does not exist. It is not possible to establish a national medication error rate or […]
March 25, 2020
Medication errors associated with pharmacokinetics can sometimes get overlooked. Oftentimes, dosing errors occur but may go unreported. This can be especially true when dealing with aminoglycosides. […]