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Such systems make it possible to provide an additional verification at the point of care to help prevent i.v. medication errors. Continuous quality improvement (CQI) logs in the software record ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine.

AI head-cameras trained to spot and prevent mistakes in medication The system is intended to prevent "vial-swap" errors, which can prove fatal in some instances Depositphotos ...

In the high-stress conditions of operating rooms, emergency rooms and intensive care units, medical providers can swap syringes and vials, delivering the wrong medications to patients. Now a ...

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The incidents, which span from medication errors and surgery ... to report the causes and implement a corrective action plan to prevent future errors. It comes at a time when health care is ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse ...

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