The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...
A female Pharmacist scanning pill box. Barcode technology can reduce medication errors by ensuring that the right drug is administered to the right patient at the right time, in the right dose, using ...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise medication decisions, ...
Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial from an electronic medication cabinet, administered the drug to a patient, and somehow ...
A Maryland Department of Health report shows a fourth consecutive annual rise in medical errors, including patient deaths and ...
For the second time in just over a month, a Minnesota nursing home has been cited for neglect in the case of a patient who died after a medical transcription error ...
The Iowa Board of Nursing has sanctioned several licensed nurses for clinical errors, patient-privacy violations, theft of ...
The ISMP reports that the feedback they received from nurses and other healthcare professionals on the medication administration guidelines was overwhelmingly positive. A very few respondents ...