Current published guidelines for perioperative pharmacy services have limited information
on the development and implementation of a robust clinical pharmacy program across the …

One of the most common errors in intraoperative medication delivery is the result of “syringe
swap,” when syringes that have been mixed up lead to the incorrect administration of a drug …

3. Merry AF, Anderson BJ. Medication errorsdnew approaches to prevention. Paediatr
Anaesth 2011; 21: 743e53. 4. Kaufmann J, Roth B, Engelhardt T, et al. Development and …

In the 16th century, Paracelsus recognised that any medicinal substance has the potential to
do harm, defining the dose as the determinant of whether the substance is a remedy or a …

Abstract DE SOUSA SANTANA, Breno et al. Interrupções no trabalho da enfermagem como
fator de risco para erros de medicação. av. enferm.[online]. 2019, vol. 37, n. 1, pp. 56-64 …

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

Children presenting for anesthesia are at high risk for medication error during their care. In
this educational review, we address the rates of medication error in pediatric patients …

Anaesthetic practice involves the preparation and administration of medicines with a high
potential for harm in a timecritical fashion. The working environment is distracting and …

The National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths recently received
notification of a death in South Africa caused by inadvertent intrathecal administration of …

Introduction Guidelines recommend that pharmacists contribute to perioperative patient
care.[1, 2] Expansion of perioperative pharmacy services was considered in Tallaght …