Using a simple handover to improve the timing of gentamicin levels

"Prior to our intervention, the timing of gentamicin levels was poorly performed, with 42.2% of levels taken late and two episodes of missed doses were reported."

Using a simple handover to improve the timing of gentamicin levels
A Williamson, A Bradley, K Khan
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u207727.w3081

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Warfarin prescription and administration: reducing the delay, improving the safety

"Through introduction of a "warfarin box" we were able to improve the number of doses given within an hour of the recommended time and the daily average of administration time."

Warfarin prescription and administration: reducing the delay, improving the safety
R Dyar, S Hall, B McIntyre
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u204509.w1983

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Implementing medication reconciliation from the planner's perspective

"Medication reconciliation can reduce adverse events associated with prescribing errors at transitions between sites of care."

Implementing medication reconciliation from the planner's perspective: a qualitative study
SH Sanchez, SS Sethi, SL Santos, K Boockvar
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:290

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Review of specialist pharmacy services in England

"This report summarises the findings and recommendations of the Review of Specialist Pharmacy Services (SP Srvcs) in England."

The Review of Specialist Pharmacy Services in England

K Ridge

NHS England

May 2014

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International prevalence of adverse drug events in hospitals

"Adverse drug events (ADEs) are frequent in hospitals, occurring either in patients before admission or as a nosocomial event, and either as a drug reaction or as a consequence of a medication error. Routine data primarily recorded for reimbursement purposes are increasingly being used on a national level both in pharmacoepidemiological studies and in trigger tools. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence rates of coded ADEs in hospitals on a transnational level."

International prevalence of adverse drug events in hospitals: an analysis of routine data from England, Germany, and the USA
J Stausberg
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:125

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Reducing prescribing errors

"The scan provides a rapid collation of empirical research about initiatives to reduce prescribing errors."

Evidence scan: reducing prescribing errors
Health Foundation
March 2012

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