 Medication Errors
"Medication Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
| Descriptor ID |
D008508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.529 N02.421.450.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Medication Errors- Medication Errors
- Errors, Medication
- Error, Medication
- Medication Error
Drug Use Error- Drug Use Error
- Drug Use Errors
- Error, Drug Use
- Errors, Drug Use
- Use Error, Drug
- Use Errors, Drug
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Gorbach C, Blanton L, Lukawski B, Varkey AC, Pitman P, Garey KW. Benchmarking and medication error rates. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2016 Jun 01; 73(11):746.
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Kachru N, Carnahan RM, Johnson ML, Aparasu RR. Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medication use in older adults with dementia. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Nov-Dec; 55(6):603-12.
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Gorbach C, Blanton L, Lukawski BA, Varkey AC, Pitman EP, Garey KW. Frequency of and risk factors for medication errors by pharmacists during order verification in a tertiary care medical center. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2015 Sep 01; 72(17):1471-4.
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Natali BJ, Varkey AC, Garey KW, Liebl M. Impact of a pharmacotherapy alerting system on medication errors. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013 Jan 01; 70(1):48-52.
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Dwibedi N, Sansgiry SS, Frost CP, Dasgupta A, Jacob SM, Tipton JA, Shippy AA. Effect of bar-code-assisted medication administration on nurses' activities in an intensive care unit: a time-motion study. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011 Jun 01; 68(11):1026-31.
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Jano E, Aparasu RR. Healthcare outcomes associated with beers' criteria: a systematic review. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Mar; 41(3):438-47.
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Sikri S, Sansgiry SS, Sanborn MD, Flinn M. Effect of a remote order scanning system on processing medication orders. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006 Aug 01; 63(15):1438-41.
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Cornish PL, Knowles SR, Marchesano R, Tam V, Shadowitz S, Juurlink DN, Etchells EE. Unintended medication discrepancies at the time of hospital admission. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Feb 28; 165(4):424-9.
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Aparasu RR, Mort JR. Prevalence, correlates, and associated outcomes of potentially inappropriate psychotropic use in the community-dwelling elderly. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2004 Jun; 2(2):102-11.
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Bhosle M, Sansgiry SS. Computerized physician order entry systems: is the pharmacist's role justified? J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004 Mar-Apr; 11(2):125-6; author reply 127-8.
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