To meet the WHO vision of reducing medication errors by 50%, it is essential to know the
current error rate. We undertook an integrative review of the literature, using a systematic …

Background Clinical evidence shows that pediatric anesthesia patients are subject to a
higher rate of life‐threatening medical errors than their adult counterparts. Medication error …

Background Medication errors are not uncommon in hospitalized patients. Paediatric
patients may have increased risk for medication errors related to complexity of weight-based …

We aimed to establish the frequency and nature of drug administration error in anaesthesia
(a significant subset of error in medicine) at two hospitals. Anaesthetists were asked to return …

Study objective The objective of the study was to: a) characterize the frequency, type, and
outcome of anesthetic medication errors spanning an 8.5-year period, b) describe the …

Conclusion This study suggests that case type, American Society of Anesthesiologists'
classification, and level of provider experience play a role on the rate of medication errors …

EditordDrug errors are defined as any unintended patient safety incident relating to the
handling of drugs that could have led, or did lead, to harm. They are the most frequent …

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to determine: 1) if anesthesiologists had
experienced a medication error and 2) to identify causal factors. The perceived value of a …

Medication errors in paediatric anaesthesia represent an important risk to children and most
are avoidable. There is now an understanding of the genesis of adverse drug events and …

Eight hundred and ninety‐six incidents relating to drug error were reported to the Australian
Incident Monitoring Study. Syringe and drug preparation errors accounted for 452 (50.4%) …