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Topics Issues WebM&M Cases Perspectives Primers Submit Case CME / CEU preventing medication errors Training Catalog Info Glossary About PSNet Help & FAQ Contact PSNet Email Updates Editorial Team medication errors in hospitals Technical Expert/Advisory Panel Terms & Conditions / Copyright PSNet Privacy Policy External Link Disclaimer Patient Safety Primer Last Updated: March 2015 Medication Errors Topics Resource Type http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/429909_2 Patient Safety Primers Safety Target Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs More Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Background and definitions Prescription medication use is widespread, complex, and increasingly risky. Clinicians have access to an armamentarium of more than 10,000 prescription medications, and nearly one-third of adults in the United https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/23/medication-errors States take 5 or more medications. Advances in clinical therapeutics have undoubtedly resulted in major improvements in health for patients with many diseases, but these benefits have also been accompanied by increased risks. An adverse drug event (ADE) is defined as harm experienced by a patient as a result of exposure to a medication, and ADEs account for nearly 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospitalizations each year. ADEs affect nearly 5% of hospitalized patients, making them one of the most common types of inpatient errors; ambulatory patients may experience ADEs at even higher rates. Transitions in care are also a well-documented source of preventable harm related to medications. As with the more general term adverse event, the occurrence of an ADE does not necessarily indicate an error or poor quality care. A medication error refers to an error (of commission or omission) at any step along the pathway that begins when a clinician pres
Health Search databasePMCAll DatabasesAssemblyBioProjectBioSampleBioSystemsBooksClinVarCloneConserved DomainsdbGaPdbVarESTGeneGenomeGEO DataSetsGEO ProfilesGSSGTRHomoloGeneMedGenMeSHNCBI Web SiteNLM CatalogNucleotideOMIMPMCPopSetProbeProteinProtein http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073098/ ClustersPubChem BioAssayPubChem CompoundPubChem SubstancePubMedPubMed HealthSNPSparcleSRAStructureTaxonomyToolKitToolKitAllToolKitBookToolKitBookghUniGeneSearch termSearch Advanced Journal list Help Journal ListAm J Pharm Educv.75(2); 2011 Mar 10PMC3073098 Am J Pharm Educ. 2011 Mar 10; 75(2): 24. PMCID: PMC3073098Medication Error Identification Rates by Pharmacy, Medical, and Nursing StudentsTerri L. Warholak, PhD, medication error Caryn Queiruga, PharmD,* Rebecca Roush, PharmD,* and Hanna Phan, PharmDThe University of Arizona College of PharmacyCorresponding author.Corresponding Author: Hanna Phan, University of Arizona, Pharmacy Practice and Science, 1295 N. Martin Ave., PO Box 210202, Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel: 520-626-0050. Fax: 520-626-7355. E-mail: medication error rate ude.anozira.ycamrahp@nahph*Affiliation at time of study. Dr. Queiruga's current affiliation is Albertsons, LLC, Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Roush's current affiliation is Cardon Children's Medical Center, Mesa, AZAuthor information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►Received 2010 Aug 25; Accepted 2010 Nov 15.Copyright © 2011-American Association of Colleges of PharmacyThis article has been cited by other articles in PMC.AbstractObjectiveTo assess and compare prescribing error-identification rates by health professional students.MethodsMedical, pharmacy, and nursing students were asked to complete a questionnaire on which they evaluated the accuracy of 3 prescriptions and indicated the type of error found, if any. The number of correctly identified prescribing errors and the number of correct types of errors identified were compared and error identification rates for each group were calculated.ResultsOne