1 Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 2 Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 3 Department of ...

Objective To determine how often serious or life-threatening medication administration errors with the potential to cause harm (potential adverse drug events) result in actual harm (adverse drug ...

Fatigue is of great interest in the medical and nursing literature, with tiredness and distraction identified as a leading contributory factor in medication errors among nurses.20 21 In other safety ...

What happened: A former Iowa paramedic, Deanna LaMare, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after administering the wrong medication to a patient during an EMS call. The incident ...

Dr. Sabina Braithwaite presented strategies to reducing medication errors at EMS Today in Baltimore, Md. Braithwaite, the EMS system medical director for Wichita-Sedgwick County, Kansas ...

The Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) has been urged to improve its transcription process for virtual fitness to practise (FtP) hearings following a series of concerns raised about written errors. It is ...

This project addresses Crocs' sizing issues, leading to high return rates and financial losses. Fitting problems account for 83% of returns, costing around $10,000. Adjusting sizing and improving ...

BMD was determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the spine and hip. Information regarding socio-economic status (SES), current medication and/or supplementation use, lifestyle factors, and ...