them. Aim- The study aimed to analyze and ascertain profile and pattern of medication errors among admitted patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods- The present prospective study was carried out by the Department of Pharmacology in collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine and Office of Medical Superintendent, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, among the patients admitted to the General medicine ward during October 2013-February 2014. Hospital/medical records, Case sheet
This conclusion supported by research conducted in 1999 by Webster. He found that passed information is irrelevant rather than informing (Webster 1999). Inter-shift handover is crucially important for safety and continuity of client’s care (WHO 2007). However, current nursing education and ward culture dismisses the importance of inter-shift handover skill development by nursing students. This gap in training forces student/newly qualified nurses to learn
Patient safety is what everything in healthcare revolves around and it should be practiced in every step that a nurse takes at work to care for a patient to reach their individual outcomes without medical error. There are multiple ways that patient safety can be breached as evidenced by the thousands of deaths seen each year because of malpractice. Risks can be greatly minimized by correctly following standard procedures and using critical thinking throughout the nursing process. There are many ways
and safety initiatives discussed by the major players, what are the themes? The major themes regarding quality in healthcare are “. . . safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity” and each of these aspects is integral to the pursuit of quality care (Berwick, 2008). Medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the United States, number one being heart disease followed by cancer (Allen, 2013). There are multiple dimensions of quality and safety that
about patient safety, we can say that the field of healthcare is a complex and complicated process even if healthcare providers exert great effort to control and manage the diagnosis and care of patients (Yee, 2012). These patients are the center of the healthcare delivery process, so caregivers must ensure that their safeties are the top priority. Caregivers, on the other hand, should also consider themselves as part of the care “system,” because they will be implementing guidelines and safety measures
Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities related to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other medication-related problem (WHO, 2002). In the UK , both registered and unregistered professionals are allowed to prescribe medicines to a patient and the profession is governed by the Standard and management of medicines by the Nursing and Midwifery council as well as the General Medical council (UK).Medical professionals, apart from their knowledge
as an advisory for patient consent. Despite the Common Rule, doctors have been ignoring the needs of patients for years. This should be gone by now. These aforementioned doctors are inconsiderate. The medical consent process, advised by the Common Rule, that these doctors use needs to be delineated upon. The attitudes of the patient need to be scrutinized in this aforementioned medical consent process. Every detail needs to be delineated to patients in medical consent. Safety is an important factor
settings to deliver medications, fluids, and nutrients to patients at controlled rates. Approximately 90 percent of hospitalized patients receive an IV infusion as part of their medical treatment (Husch et al., 2005). The use of computerized smart pump technology in hospitals has increased from approximately 33% in 2005 to almost 50% in 2009 (Brady, 2010). In recent years, smart infusion pumps have gradually become more sophisticated and include safety features such as dose error reduction software, drug
and there can be issues through it all. The job is taking care of patients, because their lives are in the workers hands. For example, dealing with patients files, there are so many
provide the opportunity for clarifying operating assumptions, identify variation in the practice and establish agreements on how work should be one in order to avoid accidents in the radiology department. Not having structure and prioritizing the problem in the radiology department such as not providing appropriate training to staff on how to