Information about Wrong Medication
Issuing of wrong medication is one of the major problems related to healthcare. It is the relatively high number of errors in the prescription of medication that occur. Errors with medication can occur in the doctor's office, at the pharmacy, in hospitals and even due to the patient. Wrong medication (medication errors, errors in medication) include:
The same IOM report gives detailed information about deaths and adverse events caused by errors in medication.
The report also estimates that in 1993 resulted 7,391 deaths from medication errors. The same report cites one study finding that about 2% of medical admissions in hospitals experienced a preventable adverse drug event, although the majority are not fatal. Error in medication was considered guilty of death for 1 in 131 outpatient administration and 1 in 854 inpatient administration.
A recent report of same organization (July 2006) concludes that at least 1.5 million Americans are sickened, injured or killed each year by errors in prescribing, dispensing and taking medications.
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- Administration of wrong medication.
- Administration of medication that interacts in wrong way with another medication or patient's condition.
- Wrong administration of medication.
- Wrong time administration.
- Wrong timing administration.
- Administration of medication to wrong person.
- Administration of wrong dose.
- Missed dose.
Consequences of medication errors
Medical errors may cause serious injury and illness. While many drug errors don't injure patients, others are lethal. The most notorious of these, cited in the Institute of Medicine report[1], is the massive chemotherapy overdose that killed Boston Globe health reporter Betsy Lehman, 39, in 1994 and gravely injured another woman.The same IOM report gives detailed information about deaths and adverse events caused by errors in medication.
The report also estimates that in 1993 resulted 7,391 deaths from medication errors. The same report cites one study finding that about 2% of medical admissions in hospitals experienced a preventable adverse drug event, although the majority are not fatal. Error in medication was considered guilty of death for 1 in 131 outpatient administration and 1 in 854 inpatient administration.
A recent report of same organization (July 2006) concludes that at least 1.5 million Americans are sickened, injured or killed each year by errors in prescribing, dispensing and taking medications.
Causes of wrong medication
The leading cause of errors in medication is neglijence in prescribtion or administration of medication. On the other hand, the IOM report and other[2] cite following factors as causal in medication errrors:- incorrect dosage administration, especially in children and infants that require the need to adjust dosages based on weight and age.
- name confusion is among the most common causes of drug-related errors, generated by the sound-alike names such as Lamisil and Lamictal. The explosion in the number of drugs on the market - there are now more than 10,000 - has increased the chances of this kind of error.
- unknown allergy to same medication class.
- atypical or unusual and critical dosage frequency considerations.
- failure to calculate the correct dosage.
- using of wrong name or abbreviation.
Books
- Lazarou J, Pomeranz BH, "Corey PN. Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies", JAMA 1998 Apr 15;279(15):1200-5
- Eileen G. Holland, PHARM.D., and Frank V. Degruy, M.D. "Drug-Induced Disorders", Volume 15, No. 7, November 1, 1997,
References
1. ^ [1]To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, 2000, Institute of Medicine
2. ^ [2]Make No Mistake: Medical Errors Can Be Deadly Serious
2. ^ [2]Make No Mistake: Medical Errors Can Be Deadly Serious
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A medication, medicine or drug is any substance or combination of substances administered to human beings or animals to treat or prevent disease; alternatively to assist in medical diagnosis.
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Health care, or healthcare, is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
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- Doctor (title), a title of respect. It comes to English from Old French and is the agent form of the Latin verb docere, "to teach".
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Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe use of medication.
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hospital is an institution for health care, often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays. Today, hospitals are usually funded by the state, health organizations (for profit or non-profit), health insurances or charities, including direct charitable donations.
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Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day use, it refers to cytotoxic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a standardized treatment regimen.
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The December 30, 2005 front page
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Format Broadsheet
Owner The New York Times Company
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Founded 1872
Headquarters 135 Morrissey Boulevard
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Terbinafine hydrochloride (Lamisil in UK, US, France, Canada, Romania and Hungary, also sold under the name Terbisil) is a synthetic allylamine antifungal. It is highly lipophilic in nature and tends to accumulate in skin, nails, and fatty tissues.
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Lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal (IPA: /ləˈmɪktəl/) by GlaxoSmithKline, called Lamictin in South Africa, למוג'ין
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