In 2021 alone, 5,235 medication errors were reported, equalling one child every 100 minutes. The overall trend was driven by males, accounting for 76% of the medication errors and by the 6-12-year-old ...

Medi-Dose/EPS has released 6 new LiquiDose butterfly labels. The labels help minimize possible errors during oral medication dispensing, according to the firm. The labels feature a distinct “oral” ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for ...

Researchers investigated the characteristics and trends of out-of-hospital ADHD medication errors among people younger than 20 years old reported to U.S. poison ...

New research and clinical guidance reveal how skipped doses, heavy pharmacist workloads, and complex drug regimens contribute to preventable medication errors and adverse events. These risks span ...

The World Health Organization launched the Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Safety — an international effort aimed at reducing harmful medication errors around the globe by 50 percent in ...

Research in the International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics has examined outpatient prescribing and found that overworked pharmacists as well as systemic workplace flaws can lead to ...

Pharmacies are under more pressure than ever. Rising prescription volumes, staffing shortages and growing expectations for accuracy and safety have made it clear that the old ways of managing ...

For decades, pharmacy automation has been defined by what it can do mechanically — count, sort, dispense. Robots fill bins. Barcode systems flag errors. Cabinets track controlled substances. These are ...