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 …

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 …

Purpose: To describe the frequency and pattern of drug errors in clinical anesthesia, and to
evaluate whether a change to colour coded syringe labels, along with education, could …

Medication Errors in Anesthesia: A Review : International Anesthesiology Clinics
Medication Errors in Anesthesia: A Review : International Anesthesiology Clinics Log in or …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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%) …