Drug administration errors can occur in the operating room and can cause significant harm,
including death. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that is used to improve …

Abstract Purpose of Review To describe the incidence and types of perioperative medication
errors and adverse medication events, and to provide a summary of strategies to reduce …

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that is commonly used in cardiac,
gynecologic, and obstetric surgeries. Inadvertent intrathecal injection of the TXA may lead to …

Background This study explored medication errors in the perioperative care of patients with
epilepsy and developed consensus-based recommendations to prevent/minimize these …

Medication use in the perioperative setting presents unique patient safety challenges
compared with other hospital settings. For example, perioperative medication prescribing …

This paper describes the integration of a pharmacist into a perioperative environment and
the ensuing quality and economic benefits. Deficiencies were identified in medication …

Perioperative nurses administer some medications but are primarily responsible for
obtaining, preparing, and documenting medications. Unlike personnel in many other patient …

Poorly designed and implemented medication labels have been identified as a source of
medication errors within anesthesia delivery. Previous studies noted that simplified text and …

Introduction: To improve situational awareness in the operating room (OR), a virtual online
operating room of hazards (ROH) with deliberately placed risks was created. We …

A medication error is any mistake in the intended use of a medication (eg, wrong medication,
wrong dose, or infusion of the wrong medication into the wrong place). The perioperative …