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The FDA uses FAERS to monitor for new adverse events and medication errors that might occur with these products. It is a system that measures occasional harms from medications to ascertain whether the risk–benefit ratio is high enough to justify continued use of any particular drug and to identify correctable and preventable problems in ...
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported that 323 "active medication shortages" were reported in January–March 2024. As a result of drug scarcity, many healthcare systems were forced to either ration out essential drugs, triage patients based on the severity of their condition and their need for the drug, or both.
Among others, ISMP maintains and disseminates a list of "do not crush" medications, [3] as well as clinical best practices. [4] The ISMP's Medication Safety Self-Assessment tool has been used in surveys of medication safety in hospitals in the United States and elsewhere. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Today, Friedman and his wife, Elizabeth Friedman, have designed and developed a series of tags that can be used to label IV lines, an effort to prevent medication errors in health care facilities ...
Hospital name [1] [2] City County Acute care beds [1] Trauma level [2] Affiliation Notes AdventHealth Central Texas Killeen Bell 208 IV AdventHealth Formerly Metroplex Adventist Hospital [3]
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.
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.
The group suing the FDA has asked for a preliminary injunction to take one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, mifepristone, off the market while the case plays out.