Prevalence and nature of medication errors and preventable adverse drug events in paediatric and neonatal intensive care settings: a systematic review

AA Alghamdi, RN Keers, A Sutherland, DM Ashcroft - Drug safety, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Children admitted to paediatric and neonatal intensive care units may be at high
risk from medication errors and preventable adverse drug events. Objective The objective of …

Prevalence of medication errors among paediatric inpatients: systematic review and meta-analysis

PJ Gates, MT Baysari, M Gazarian, MZ Raban… - Drug Safety, 2019 - Springer
Introduction The risk of medication errors is high in paediatric inpatient settings. However,
estimates of the prevalence of medication errors have not accounted for heterogeneity …

Ongoing initiatives to improve the quality and efficiency of medicine use within the public healthcare system in South Africa; a preliminary study

JC Meyer, N Schellack, J Stokes, R Lancaster… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: South Africa has an appreciable burden of both communicable and non-
communicable diseases as well as high maternal, neonatal, and child morbidity. In recent …

Standardising the classification of harm associated with medication errors: the harm associated with medication error classification (HAMEC)

PJ Gates, MT Baysari, V Mumford, MZ Raban… - Drug safety, 2019 - Springer
Classifying harm associated with a medication error can be time consuming and labour
intensive and limited studies undertake this step. There is no standardised process, and few …

Identifying medication errors in neonatal intensive care units: a two-center study

K Eslami, F Aletayeb, SMH Aletayeb, L Kouti… - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background This study aimed to assess the types and frequency of medication errors in our
NICUs (neonatal intensive care units). Methods This descriptive cross-sectional study was …

Predicting behavioural intentions towards medication safety among student and new graduate nurses across four countries

R Fernandez, W tenHam‐Baloyi… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To identify final‐year undergraduate students and new graduate
nurses' behavioural intentions towards medication safety across four countries. Background …

A comparative study of patient safety in the intensive care units

F Atashzadeh‐Shoorideh… - Nursing …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study aimed to assess patient‐safety principles in ICUs. Design This is a
descriptive‐comparative study. Methods The research environment includes ICUs of …

Evaluation of pharmacovigilance systems for reporting medication errors in Africa and the role of patients using a mixed-methods approach

GT Sabblah, SK Seaneke, M Kushitor, F van Hunsel… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Reviewing the epidemiological profile of medication errors (MEs) reported by
African countries and the systems put in place to report such errors is crucial because …

Compliance to safety barriers in the medication administration process in pediatrics

JO Vória, BLD Padula, MNS Abreu… - Texto & Contexto …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: to investigate the compliance to safety barriers adopted in the preparation and
administration of intravenous drugs in Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Method …

Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire (HSOPSC) in neonatal intensive care units: a …

M Babaie, M Nourian, F Atashzadeh-Shoorideh… - BMC nursing, 2023 - Springer
Background A valid and reliable tool compatible with the culture is needed to evaluate the
safety culture as one of the vital and promotional components in improving the quality of …