The second edition of Medication Errors (first published in 1999), edited by ISMP president Michael R. Cohen, is now available to purchase. In this expanded 600+ page edition, Dr. Cohen brings together some 30 experts from pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and risk management to provide the most current thinking about the causes of medication errors and strategies to prevent them. Highlights include:
Numerous insights into the causes of medication errors, including drug names, drug packaging and labeling, and error-prone abbreviations and dose expressions
In-depth analyses of prescribing errors, dispensing errors, drug administration errors, and errors related to drug-delivery devices, using examples of actual errors for illustration.
Detailed discussions of specialty areas fraught with risk: cancer chemotherapy, pediatric and neonatal patients, and immunologic drugs
A comprehensive chapter on “high-alert” medications with precautions that should be taken to avoid such mishaps
Seven new chapters covering root cause analysis, error-prone abbreviations and dose expressions, drug delivery devices, technology, disclosing errors, clinical bioethics of safe medication practices, and managing risks through a culture of safety.
Medication Errors 2nd Edition
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