OBJECTIVE: To systematically review empirical evidence on the prevalence and nature of
medication administration errors (MAEs) in health care settings. DATA SOURCES: Ten …

Medication errors represent one of the most common causes of adverse events in pediatrics
and are widely reported in the literature. Despite the awareness that children are at …

Background The significant impact of medication administration errors affect patients in
terms of morbidity, mortality, adverse drug events, and increased length of hospital stay. It …

Objective: To systematically locate and review studies that have investigated the incidence
of medication errors (MEs) in pediatric inpatients and identify common errors. Methods: A …

Objectives Health departments endeavor to give care to individuals to remain in healthy
conditions. Medications errors (MEs), one of the most types of medical errors, could be …

Background Medication errors can occur at any of the three steps of the medication use
process: prescribing, dispensing and administration. We aimed to determine the incidence …

Background Despite the critical role of nursing care in determining high-performing
healthcare delivery, performance science in this area is still at an early stage of development …

Aims and objectives To identify the prevalence and determinants of medication
administration errors (MAEs). Background Insight into determinants of MAEs is necessary to …

Background The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) first Quality Chasm report, To Err Is Human:
Building a Safer Health System, 1 stated that medication-related errors (a subset of medical …

Background Many studies address the prevalence of medication errors but few address
medication errors serious enough to be regarded as malpractice. Other studies have …