Objective: to verify the association between interruptions and errors of medication in doses
prepared and administered by nursing professionals in inpatient units of medical clinic of …

EditordHuman factors engineering (HFE) approaches can provide important insights into
improving patient safety during medication delivery processes. 1, 2 HFE provides guidance …

Conclusion: Adverse events related to medication errors can occur in operating rooms, and
most cases can be prevented through communication and verification by medical staff. The …

Objectives To describe current practices and safety concerns regarding cardiac emergency
medications in cardiac anesthesia. Design An anonymous survey with multiple-choice …

Erroneous intravenous drug administration has a high probability of causing patient
morbidity or mortality during anesthesia. Anesthesiologists are cognizant of this …

Purpose: This research was a descriptive study performed with the aim of determining
nursing practices about preventing medication administration errors. Methods: This research …

The perioperative setting is one of the hospital areas with the highest prevalence of
medication errors. Despite the wide experience of hospital pharmacists in developing …

Medication errors and error-related scenarios in anesthesia remain an important area of
research. Interventions and best practice recommendations in anesthesia are often based in …

Anesthesia is a medical field that has consistently demonstrated improvements in patient
safety and can serve as a model for the rest of healthcare. Technological innovations …

37 May 2018■ Volume 82■ Number 5 dose errors and omitted medication/failure to act
errors. 6 The most common medications associated with errors in the OR were propofol …