 Medication Errors
"Medication Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
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D008508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.529 N02.421.450.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Medication Errors- Medication Errors
- Errors, Medication
- Error, Medication
- Medication Error
Drug Use Error- Drug Use Error
- Drug Use Errors
- Error, Drug Use
- Errors, Drug Use
- Use Error, Drug
- Use Errors, Drug
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2015 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Wasserman RL, Goss FR, Seger DL, Blumenthal KG, Lo YC, Edrees HH, Varghese S, Wang L, Blackley S, Bates DW, Zhou L. Allergy alerting and overrides for opioid analogues across two health systems. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2025 May 25; 32(1).
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Bourne RS, Jeffries M, Jennings JK, Ashcroft DM, Norman P. Improving medication safety for intensive care patients transitioning to a hospital ward: development of a theory-informed intervention package. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 26; 24(1):1476.
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Werner NE, Morgen M, Kooiman S, Jolliff A, Warner G, Feinstein J, Chui M, Katz B, Storhoff B, Sodergren K, Coller R. Effectiveness of a Mobile App (Meds@HOME) to Improve Medication Safety for Children With Medical Complexity: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 09; 13:e60621.
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Miles E, McKnight M, Schmitz CC, McElroy CR, Wardian JL, Shostrom V, Polavarapu P. Developing a Diabetes Discharge Order Set for Patients With Diabetes on Insulin. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2024 May; 18(3):570-576.
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Rappaport LD, Markowitz G, Hulac S, Roosevelt G. Medication Errors in Pediatric Patients after Implementation of a Field Guide with Volume-Based Dosing. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023; 27(2):213-220.
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Yang R, Pepper GA, Wang H, Liu T, Wu D, Jiang Y. The mediating role of power distance and face-saving on nurses' fear of medication error reporting: A cross-sectional survey. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020 May; 105:103494.
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Wang GS, Reynolds KM, Banner W, Bond GR, Kauffman RE, Palmer RB, Paul IM, Rapp-Olsson M, Green JL, Dart RC. Medication Errors From Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications in Children. Acad Pediatr. 2020 04; 20(3):327-332.
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Kadoyama KL, Noble BN, Izumi S, Fromme EK, Tjia J, McPherson ML, Candrian CB, McGregor JC, Ku IY, Furuno JP. Frequency and Documentation of Medication Decisions on Discharge from the Hospital to Hospice Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 06; 67(6):1258-1262.
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Anderson WC, Gondalia R, Hoch HE, Kaye L, Szefler SJ, Stempel DA. Screening for inhalation technique errors with electronic medication monitors. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jul - Aug; 7(6):2065-2067.
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Murray B, Streitz MJ, Hilliard M, Maddry JK. Evaluation of an Electronic Dosing Calculator to Reduce Pediatric Medication Errors. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 04; 58(4):413-416.
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