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A study of 2,600 patients at two hospitals determined that between 26% and 60% of patients could not understand medication directions, a standard informed consent, or basic health care materials. [133] This mismatch between a clinician's level of communication and a patient's ability to understand can lead to medication errors and adverse outcomes.
State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.
Variations in healthcare provider training & experience [46] [53] and failure to acknowledge the prevalence and seriousness of medical errors also increase the risk. [54] [55] The so-called July effect occurs when new residents arrive at teaching hospitals, causing an increase in medication errors according to a study of data from 1979 to 2006.
The Friedmans’ work is part of a growing movement among health care providers to address patient safety and the harm that is sometimes inadvertently done to patients while they receive medical care.
The criminalization of medical errors is unnerving, and this verdict sets into motion a dangerous precedent. There are more effective and just mechanisms to examine errors, establish system improvements and take corrective action. The non-intentional acts of Individual nurses like RaDonda Vaught should not be criminalized to ensure patient safety.
The MEDMARX report released in 2007 analyzed 11,000 medication errors during surgery in 500 hospitals between 1998 and 2005. The analysis showed that medication errors that happen in the operating room or recovery areas are three times more likely to harm a patient than errors occurring in other types of hospital care.
Wrong drug. This could occur when a patient is given medication that does not treat the patient's condition. Ex. A heart medication to treat an infection. [7] Dose too low. This could occur when a patient is given medication that is not strong enough to get beneficial or therapeutic effects. [7] Dose too high. This could occur when a patient is ...
7,000 due to medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 due to other errors in hospitals; 80,000 due to nosocomial infections in hospitals; 106,000 due to non-error, negative effects of drugs; Based on these figures, iatrogenesis may cause as many as 225,000 deaths per year in the United States (excluding recognizable error).