Medication errors are common throughout healthcare and result in significant human and
financial cost. Prospective studies suggest that the error rate in anaesthesia is around one …

There is an increasing recognition that medication errors are causing a substantial global
public health problem, as many result in harm to patients and increased costs to health …

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 error is a well-recognised cause of harm to patients undergoing anaesthesia.
From the first 4000 reports in the webAIRS anaesthetic incident reporting system, we …

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%) …

In this issue of the BJA, you will find many reviews which are related to pharmacology of the
drugs used in anaesthesia and intensive care, and the recent advances. This editorial asks …

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 …

Abstract Purpose The Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA) has investigated critical
events in several fields of anesthesiology. However, the types, frequency, and …

Drug related incidents are a common form of reported medical errors. This paper reviews the
critical incidents related to drug errors reported from the main operating theatre suite in a …

Objectives: To analyze the problem of drug error related to anesthesia in Thailand including
nature, contributing factors and preventive strategies. Material and Method: We …