WHO Five Moments for Medication Safety: A time to organize? (26 October 2023)

Summary

Since the 2007 landmark report on Preventing Medication Errors from the US National Academy of Medicine, effective interventions have been developed to address medication errors. Despite this, medication errors persist as the most common source of harm for patients worldwide.

In this Editorial, Albert Wu looks at whether WHO's “The 5 Moments for Medication Safety” as a patient engagement tool has reached its intended audience.