Preventing medication errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Preventing medication errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2016

Preventing medication errors.

Stefanacci RG, Riddle A. Geriatr Nurs. 2016 Jul 5; [Epub ahead of print].

Nursing home patients are particularly vulnerable to medication errors. This commentary describes an incident involving a medication error and reviews conditions in long-term care that increase the potential for similar errors to occur. The authors suggest that proactive system improvements must address weaknesses in ordering, administration, compliance, andmedication reconciliation.

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