Medication administration

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1. Is independent double-checking superior to single-checking in medication administration error detection? A randomised controlled simulation trial (13 March 2026)

   • Medication
   • Adminstering medication
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     • Medication
     • Adminstering medication
     • Research
     • Human error
     • Human factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 March

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   • 23 March

2. Large-scale insulin overdoses from syringe-related errors: Analysis and insights across 47 hospitals (30 January 2026)

   • Diabetes
   • Medical device
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     • Diabetes
     • Medical device
     • Medication
     • Patient safety incident
     • Research
     • Data
     • USA

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 March

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   • 2 March

3. Medication errors and mitigation strategies in obstetric anesthesia (December 2024)

   • Adminstering medication
   • Medication
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     • Medication
     • Patient safety incident
     • Surgery - General
     • Anaesthesia
     • Pregnancy
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 January

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   • 3 January

4. Modeling anesthesia medication delivery using the SEIPS 101 tools (October 2025)

   • Anaesthesia
   • Medication
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     • Anaesthesia
     • Medication
     • Adminstering medication

   By Patient Safety Learning, 9 October, 2025

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   • 9 October, 2025

5. Evaluating the impact of an indication-based, patient-specific prescribing tool on prescribing errors in paediatrics: a non-randomised, before-and-after study (12 September 2025)

   • Medication
   • Prescribing
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     • Medication
     • Prescribing
     • WPSD25
     • Paediatrics
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 October, 2025

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   • 339 views
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   • 2 October, 2025

6. Large language models and clinical calculations: to err is human and machines are not exempt (28 May 2025)

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   • Medication
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     • Prescribing
     • Medication
     • Paediatrics
     • Research
     • Technology

   By Patient Safety Learning, 29 May, 2025

   • 1 comment
   • 640 views
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   • Comment by Compliance Manager
   • 29 May, 2025

7. Time critical medication QIP 2023-24: Interim report year 1 (Royal College of Emergency Medicine, 7 April 2025)

   • Medication
   • Adminstering medication
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     • Adminstering medication
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Parkinsons disease
     • Diabetes
     • Patient harmed
     • Emergency medicine
     • Quality improvement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 April, 2025

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   • 1,320 views
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   • 7 April, 2025

8. How often do parents administer medications to their children in hospital? A prospective direct observational study (8 December 2024)

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   • Patient / family support
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     • Patient / family involvement
     • Patient / family support
     • Adminstering medication
     • Medication
     • Children and Young People

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 March, 2025

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   • 470 views
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   • 21 March, 2025

9. Enhancing safe medication use in home care: insights from informal caregivers (5 November 2024)

   • Medication
   • Spain
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     • Medication
     • Spain
     • Research
     • Home
     • Carer
     • Patient
     • Adminstering medication

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 March, 2025

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   • 20 March, 2025

10. Safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy video

    • Cancer
    • Adminstering medication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 December, 2024

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    • 1,059 views
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    • 8 December, 2024

11. Irritants and vesicants: ensuring safe IV therapy (BD, 6 November 2024)

    • Adminstering medication
    • Medical device / equipment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 November, 2024

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    • 591 views
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    • 29 November, 2024

12. Medication prescription profile and hospital admission related to medication administration errors in England and Wales: an ecological study (19 November 2023)

    • Adminstering medication
    • Medication
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      • Medication
      • Patient harmed
      • Prescribing

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 September, 2024

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    • 410 views
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    • 23 September, 2024

13. Safeguarding patient safety and reducing misconnection errors (9 July 2024)

    • Adminstering medication
    • Medication
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      • Medication
      • Human error
      • Patient harmed
      • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 26 July, 2024

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    • 519 views
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    • 26 July, 2024

14. Exploring the role of guidelines in contributing to medication errors: A descriptive analysis of national patient safety incident data (2 February 2024)

    • Medication
    • Prescribing
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      • Prescribing
      • Human error
      • Research
      • Patient safety incident
      • System safety
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 April, 2024

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    • 747 views
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    • 8 April, 2024

15. Safety Talks Podcast: Antibiotic Research and AMR (2 April 2024)

    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
    • Health education
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      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Health education
      • Research

    By Mark Hughes, 2 April, 2024

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    • 2 April, 2024

16. Safety considerations in peripheral nerve blocks (February 2024)

    • Anaesthesia
    • Adminstering medication
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      • Anaesthesia
      • Adminstering medication
      • Never event
      • Safety process
      • Imaging
      • Anaesthetist

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 March, 2024

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    • 17 March, 2024

17. Tackling antibiotic underdosing: Interview with Ruth Dando, Head of Nursing for Theatres, Critical Care and Anaesthetics at BHRUHT

    • Adminstering medication
    • Nurse
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      • Adminstering medication
      • Nurse
      • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 March, 2024

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    • 6 March, 2024

18. How antibiotic underdosing affected my mum’s end of life care: An interview with Ashleigh Hughes

    • Adminstering medication
    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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      • Adminstering medication
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • End of life care
      • Medication
      • Patient / family involvement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 March, 2024

    • 1 comment
    • 5,578 views
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    • Comment by richard vA
    • 12 March, 2024

19. Prevalence, contributing factors, and interventions to reduce medication errors in outpatient and ambulatory settings: a systematic review (8 September 2023)

    • Medication
    • Prescribing
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      • Prescribing
      • Human error
      • Research
      • Ambulance
      • Systematic review

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 February, 2024

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    • 15 February, 2024

20. Assessing the clinical, economic, and health resource utilization impacts of prefilled syringes versus conventional medication administration methods: Results from a systematic literature review (28 November 2023)

    • Adminstering medication
    • Medical device
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      • Medical device
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 January, 2024

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    • 10 January, 2024

21. I.V.paedia - complications of IV catheter therapy resources (BD)

    • Medication
    • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 November, 2023

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    • 558 views
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    • 24 November, 2023

22. BMJ: Better prescribing for safer, more effective healthcare (13 November 2023)

    • Prescribing
    • Doctor
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      • Prescribing
      • Doctor
      • Patient
      • Carer
      • Medication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 November, 2023

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    • 21 November, 2023

23. Antibiotic underdosing and disposal in NHS organisations across Great Britain (20 November 2023)

    • Medication
    • Adminstering medication
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      • Medication
      • Adminstering medication
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Infection control

    By Mark Hughes, 20 November, 2023

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    • 1,910 views
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    • 20 November, 2023

24. Short-term intermittent IV antibiotics – Understanding the issue of under delivery

    • Medication
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      • Adminstering medication
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Infection control
      • Emergency medicine

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 November, 2023

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    • 3 November, 2023

25. Understanding the importance of accurate antibiotic administration through an IV administration set (drip): A patient’s guide

    • Medication
    • Adminstering medication
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      • Adminstering medication
      • Patient
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Infection control
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 November, 2023

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    • 3,017 views
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    • 3 November, 2023