Reducing repeat medication errors in nursing homes [Abstract]

Salek, Mir-saeed, Modi, A, Hansen, R. A. and Wei, D. 2010. Reducing repeat medication errors in nursing homes [Abstract]. Pharmacy World and Science 32 (2) , pp. 242-243. 10.1007/s11096-010-9378-9

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Abstract

Background and objective In 2003, State of North Carolina enacted legislation requiring licensed nursing homes to report medication errors. Since 2004, roughly 400 nursing homes have reported nearly 70,000 medication errors to a web-based error reporting system. Medication errors are a major concern, leading to estimated 800,000 preventable medication related injuries every year in the US. For every dollar spent on drugs in nursing homes, $1.33 is spent on treatment of drug related morbidity and mortality. This amounts to $7.6 billion for the USA. The aims were firstly to determine proportion of repeat errors occurring per nursing home, to assess contributory factors relating to repeat errors, and association of repeat errors with subsequent patient harm.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Pharmacy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RT Nursing
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Repeat medication errors ; Nursing homes ; Web-based error reporting system ;
Additional Information:	ESCP–GSASA 38th symposium on clinical pharmacy 30 years of clinical pharmacy; a bright future ahead, 3rd–6th November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0928-1231
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2022 11:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32849

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