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Actualización de la clasificación de errores de medicación del grupo Ruiz-Jarabo 2000

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The updated version of the medication error classification system is presented to improve medication safety information management in such a way as to allow data to be used ever more efficiently for making medication use systems safer for patients.
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This article is published in Farmacia Hospitalaria.The article was published on 2008-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 58 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Patient safety.

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Prevalence of medication administration errors in two medical units with automated prescription and dispensing

TL;DR: A need to improve nurses' working procedures and to implement a Clinical Decision Support tool that generates recommendations about scheduling according to dietary restrictions, preparation of medication before parenteral administration, and adequate infusion rates is identified.
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Terms used in patient safety related to medication: a literature review.

TL;DR: There is a lack of homogeneity in the terminology used in the context of patient safety related to medication within the scientific literature, according to this review.
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Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to reduce medication errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing in hospitalised patients

TL;DR: HFMEA facilitated the identification of actions aimed at reducing medication errors in a healthcare setting, as the implementation of several of these led to a reduction in errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing.
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Robotic dispensing improves patient safety, inventory management, and staff satisfaction in an outpatient hospital pharmacy.

TL;DR: The implementation of a robotic original pack dispensing system substantially decreased the rate of dispensing errors and optimized stock management, and high level of staff satisfaction with this technology was achieved.
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Reliability evaluation of the adapted National Coordinating Council Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index

TL;DR: Adapted National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) Index criteria were used in a study undertaken to evaluate commercial computerized provider order entry system impact on community hospital medication errors.
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Errores de medicación: estandarización de la terminología y clasificación Resultados de la Beca Ruiz-Jarabo 2000

TL;DR: Un instrumento util para los comites de seguridad de medicamentos de los hospitales that pretendan establecer programas de notificacion internos, para identificar los fallos in el sistema de utilizacion de medicamentsos and adoptar medidas efectivas de reduccion de errores de medicacion.
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Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors.

TL;DR: Overall interrater agreement for the NCC MERP index for categorizing medication errors was substantial and further refining of the scale could improve the usefulness and validity of medication error categorization.
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