Showing posts with label Medication Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medication Safety. Show all posts
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Medication Errors, FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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FDA receives medication error reports 4 on marketed human drugs (including prescription drugs, generic drugs, and over-the-counter drugs) ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

When Nurse Make Mistakes (Theresa Brown, RN) - NYTimes.com

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By THERESA BROWN, R.N. This year, a Seattle nurse named Kim Hiatt committed suicide. Ms. Hiatt’s death came nearly seven months after she h...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Silent Treatment Study, silenttreatmentstudy.com #rnchat #nursing #nurses

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Research and regulatory bodies have long confirmed that poor communication in healthcare is harmful at best and deadly at worst. In the 2...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Tough Demands on Nurses Adversely Affect Patients

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Better working conditions and better staffing of nurses can significantly improve the care of patients with serious conditions, according t...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Popular birth control pills may boost clot risk (Yasmin, Yaz-Drospirenone )- Health - CBC News

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Two of the most popular birth control pills available in Canada — Yasmin and Yaz — carry a higher risk of serious blood clots than some oth...
Monday, April 18, 2011

FDA orders safety studies for some asthma drugs | Reuters

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U.S. health regulators have ordered drugmakers to conduct clinical trials involving a total of 53,000 patients to test the safety of a cont...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Epidemic of Preventable Medical Harm, HealthcarePSI.org

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The Centers for Disease Control reports that 1.7 million people who enter the hospital this year - for any reason - will contract a Hospita...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Report: Communication Breakdown Leads to Hospital Errors - Health Blog - WSJ

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We’ve written about how a small but significant number of health-care workers show disrespect for colleagues, dole out verbal abuse and eng...
Monday, March 21, 2011

When Nurse Staffing Drops, Mortality Rates Rise: Study

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When nurse staffing levels fell below target levels in a large hospital, more patients died, a new study discovered. The finding may pr...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

How to Give an IM Injection, Kathy Quan RN BSN

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When it is necessary to inject medication, the route is determined by the chemical make up and viscosity of the medication. Many times the ...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Pain Medication Mistakes: Overdoses, Side Effects, and More

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It's been a hard day, and Joe's back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there...
Friday, March 11, 2011

FDA takes over Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol plants - Mar. 10, 2011

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The government is taking over three Tylenol plants following a blizzard of drug recalls and a Food and Drug Administration criminal investi...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey. | Pew Internet & American Life Project

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Health information remains one of the most important subjects that internet users research online. The Pew Internet Project and California ...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Medical News: Nursing Home Med Errors Vary by Form of Drug - in Geriatrics, General Geriatrics from MedPage Today

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Residents in nursing and old age homes are four times as likely to get an incorrect dose of medication if it's in liquid rather than pi...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Institute For Safe Medication Practices

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