Problem: Read Medication Errors from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
After reading, reflect on these facts:
The Institute of Medicine in the United States estimates:
1 medication error per hospitalized patient per day in the United States;
1.5 million preventable adverse drug events per year in the United States;
7000 deaths per year from medication error in US hospitals
Questions:
Make a detailed checklist for yourself to try to prevent drug administration errors. What do you need to pay particular attention to? Why do you need to do these steps?