Background: Medication-related adverse events (MRAEs) form a large proportion of all
adverse events in hospitalized patients and are associated with considerable preventable …

BACKGROUND: Medication errors continue to be a significant source of patient harm in the
operating room with few concrete countermeasures. The organization and identification of …

Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and
anaesthesia and critical care are no exception to it. Man, medicine, machine and modus …

Objective To describe and evaluate drug errors and related clinical pharmacist interventions.
Design Cross‐sectional observational study with an online data collection form. Setting A …

Recent studies have shown that the use of high dose rocuronium followed by sugammadex
provides a faster time to recovery from neuromuscular blockade following rapid sequence …

Background The intensive care unit (ICU) generates more medication prescriptions per
patient day than any other unit in the hospital. The dynamics of the ICU environment …

Background Patients in intensive care units are prone to the occurrence of medication
errors. Look-alike, sound-alike drugs with similar drug names can lead to medication errors …

The anesthetic environment has become much safer than it was 50 years ago. For a
successful management of cardiac arrest during operative procedures, not only individual …

Background Anaesthetic procedures are complex and subject to human error. Interventions
to alleviate medication errors include organised syringe storage trays, but no standardised …

Medication errors involving patients receiving the wrong medicines, the wrong dosages or
failure to take medicines according to the prescribed schedule are a substantial threat to …