Background Labelling is a strategy that contributes to the correct and faster identification of
drugs, minimizing misidentification. There is a gap in knowledge on optimal labelling …

Background Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety.
Outpatient and ambulatory settings enhance access to healthcare which has been linked to …

Peri‐operative medication safety is complex. Avoidance of medication errors is both system‐
and practitioner‐based, and many departments within the hospital contribute to safe and …

Background Anaesthetic drug administration is complex, and typical clinical environments
can entail significant cognitive load. Colour-coded anaesthetic drug trays have shown …

The use of medicines in healthcare is safer and more effective than it has ever been, with
pharmacovigilance having been active in some form for over 150 years (1). Yet, in 2000 …

We review the development of technology in anaesthesia over the course of the past
century, from the invention of the Boyle apparatus to the modern anaesthetic workstation …

The prevalence and harm associated with inadvertent neuraxial cardiovascular (CV)
medication administration errors are unknown. This review aims to analyze neuraxial CV …

Objectives To provide an overview of medication errors (MEs) in veterinary medicine, with a
focus on the perianesthetic period; to compare MEs in veterinary medicine with human …

Background Reporting and analysis of adverse events (AE) is associated with improved
healthcare learning, quality outcomes, and patient safety. Manual text analysis is time …

Misreading labels, syringes, and ampoules is reported to make up a 54.4% of medication
administration errors. The addition of icons to medication labels in an operating room setting …