Klin Farmakol Farm. 2005;19(3):188-190

Reducing medical mistakes

Alena Ďurišová1, Milan Kriška2,3
1 Novorodenecká klinika FN, Nitra
2 Farmakologický ústav Lekárskej fakulty UK, Bratislava
3 Nemocnica s poliklinikou Považská Bystrica

Medical mistakes result in patients’ morbidity, mortality and increase of treatment costs. Mistakes can occur at every stage of health care and the reason can be a human source or the system of health care. Errors can be made by the nursing personnel while prescribing medications, calculating their doses, preparingand diluting them or while administering them to the patient. An error can occur due to a mistake made either by the pharmacist when giving the medication or by the patient when using an inappropriate medication or a correct medication in incorrect dosage or intervals or when omitting the medication completely. Worldwide, efforts have been made for more than 10 years to monitor and publish these mistakes and thus to decrease their impacts.

Keywords: Key words: medical mistakes, use of medications.

Published: January 1, 2006  Show citation

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