In this modern era of unprecedented safety in anaesthesia, it is difficult to believe that
accidental administration of the wrong medication can occur and seriously injure or even kill …

EditordDrug errors are defined as any unintended patient safety incident relating to the
handling of drugs that could have led, or did lead, to harm. They are the most frequent …

In this issue of the BJA, you will find many reviews which are related to pharmacology of the
drugs used in anaesthesia and intensive care, and the recent advances. This editorial asks …

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 …

Background Medication errors are not uncommon in hospitalized patients. Paediatric
patients may have increased risk for medication errors related to complexity of weight-based …

Editorial Views the authors reported good interrater reliability in the study. These factors
could account for the high event rates reported by nanji and coworkers, compared with …

To meet the WHO vision of reducing medication errors by 50%, it is essential to know the
current error rate. We undertook an integrative review of the literature, using a systematic …

Medication errors are common throughout healthcare and result in significant human and
financial cost. Prospective studies suggest that the error rate in anaesthesia is around one …

BACKGROUND: Wake Up Safe is a quality improvement initiative of the Society for Pediatric
Anesthesia that contains a deidentified registry of serious adverse events occurring in …

Life-threatening drug errors are more common in children than in adults. This is likely to be
because of their variations in age and weight, combined with the occasional exposure of …