The frequency of medication errors among children who take drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reported to US poison control centers ...

For the purposes of this study, a "drug" includes prescription drugs and biologics, excluding blood and blood products and tissues for transplantation. The objectives of the study are: To develop a ...

If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of ...

Despite numerous advances in anesthesia safety over the years, former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught's deadly medication error could have been prevented with a few ...

Drug therapy is a complex process with numerous parameters modulating its success and safety. The selection of a drug and the definition of its dosage regimen, which must consider both disease and ...

Twenty-five years ago, public health expert Lucian Leape testified to Congress that the greatest impediment to medical error prevention is that we punish people for ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

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