Medication Errors in Intravenous Drug Preparation and Administration: A Brief Review

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15120/15:33154782 RIV/00098892:_____/15:#0000934

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000285" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000285</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000285" target="_blank" >10.4172/2167-1168.1000285</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Medication Errors in Intravenous Drug Preparation and Administration: A Brief Review

Original language description

Medication errors in intravenous drug administration can be defined as any mistakes in the preparation, dispensing and administration of these drugs. Medication errors can be classified based on the stage of intravenous therapy in which the error occurs(pre-preparation phase, preparation of medication by nurse, drug labelling, and drug administration). In intravenously administered medications, errors may have particularly serious consequences. Medication errors are more likely to be recorded during the morning hours. Inappropriate speed of administration was found to be the most common type of error in intravenously administered drugs, with slow bolus injection being the route of administration associated with the most risk. Greater safety of the medication process can be achieved by eliminating risk factors and by using different strategies to detect errors. In addition to eliminating the most dangerous human risk factors (work overload of nurses, their fatigue, and general lack of

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FR - Pharmacology and apothecary chemistry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Nursing &amp; Care

ISSN

2167-1168

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

1-5

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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