Medication Errors

A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine sheds light on the direct correlation between the interruptions a nurse sustains and the number of medication errors those interruptions cause.  According to Business Week, four interruptions during a single drug administration doubled the likelihood that…

More and more tragic medication errors are being reported and coming under public scrutiny, necessarily. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (“AHRQ”), medical errors are one of the leading causes of death and injury in America. In a recent study reported by…