Conclusion: An interactive CD-ROM enabled nurses to apply the information learned to identify errors in medication administration and improved adherence to safe medication administration practices.

This study demonstrates that a simple, relatively inexpensive, and easy to implement continuing-education strategy can contribute to improved medication administration practice. Many of the ...

2 Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, Mezzanine, BMA House, London, UK 3 Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality ... herts.ac.uk Objectives To ...

Feeding tubes (FT) allow safe medication administration to patients with identified swallow dysfunction. Thorough review of our dysphagia fallouts revealed oral (PO) route medications ordered and ...

Therefore, many studies are not done in pregnant women because even a small risk is not deemed to be acceptable. Nevertheless, experience and studies in animals have given us some guidance on ...

While over-the-counter medications can be purchased at supermarkets, drugstores and other retail locations, prescription medications require an order from your health care provider and must be ...

it coincided with a 10-plus percent increase in the safe disposal of leftover painkillers. In addition to the increase in how many patients got rid of their extra medications, the researchers ...

Whether taken for treatment, symptom relief, prevention, or cure, patients must follow the standard for safe ... and Drug Administration (FDA) led to 130 enforcement actions against medication ...

Fisher Phillips predicts President Trump will undo Biden-Era safety rules. With the change in administration, as well as some changes toward the end of the Biden administration, safety professionals ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Sunday that federal employees involved in public safety positions, such as air traffic controllers, are exempt from a financial ...

Introduction Forgetting to take a medication is the most common reason for non-adherence to self-administered medication. Dose administration aids (DAAs) are a simple and common solution to improve ...

serve as a reminder of the grave threats to safety and security in this country that President-elect Donald Trump must confront in the coming months. The outgoing administration has done a ...