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Category Archives: Medical errors
Tube Feeding Medical Errors
Many patients are unable to eat food when they are serious ill or injured. Nutrition may be given though a variety of tubes: • Intravenous tube which delivers high calorie intravenous nutrition • A naso gastric tube that is inserted … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiration, PEG, PEJ, tube feeding malpractice, tube feeding medical errors
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Parenteral Nutrition Medical Errors
High calorie intravenous nutrition (total parenteral nutrition or TPN) is the only option for feeding if a patient’s gastrointestinal tract is not functioning. It consists of a potent mix of nutrients used for patients who need long term nutritional therapy. … Continue reading
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Tagged blood stream infection, total parenteral nutrition errors, TPN
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Medical errors: it only takes a moment
Medical errors and accidents can happen in a moment, and forever change a life. One night last year, my husband and I were driving separately down a dark road to our house. I was ahead of him. I heard a … Continue reading
Too Sleep Impaired to Operate? by Guest Author L. Peter Fielding MD
“You promised. You promised me. I cannot wait any more,” the full term pregnant woman wailed. Her obstetrician replied, “I know you have been waiting, without food, for hours. We have worked hard to get this baby for you, and … Continue reading
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Tagged sleep-impaired surgeon, sleepy surgeon, surgical errors, tired surgeon
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Adverse events in hospitals 10 times more common than known- part 1
A study released in early April 2011 compared three methods of detecting adverse events in hospitals. The first is voluntary reporting. This method depends on healthcare workers coming forward and admitting that an error has occurred. At a minimum, they … Continue reading
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Tagged HACs, hospital acquired conditions, never events
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How Hospitals Can Avoid Medication Errors – part 2
Many medication errors occur regularly at hospitals. The following steps can be taken by healthcare providers to avoid these medication errors. 1. Ensure that the medication sheet uses only approved abbreviations. Clarify with the prescribing doctor if any abbreviation that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged drug errors, Medication errors, pill errors
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How Hospitals Can Avoid Medication Errors – part 1
Many medication errors occur regularly at hospitals. The following steps can be taken by healthcare providers to avoid these medication errors. 1. Healthcare workers should ensure that all medication orders are legible. 2. The patient’s name and medical record number … Continue reading
Checklists promote patient safety
Several aviation safety procedures have already been adopted by healthcare. We have a lot to learn from the aviation industry. Are you nervous before you fly? Don’t be. Only one passenger per 10 million flights dies in a plane related … Continue reading
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Tagged surgical checklists, surgical errors, The Checklist Manifesto, WHO checklist
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Risks of early delivery
Don’t rush to delivery. That is the message to expectant parents as a result of a recent study of hospitals and known benefits of not delivering before the 39th week of pregnancy. Given that there are some medical indications for … Continue reading
Alarm fatigue: When nurses do not respond to alarms
The nursing standard of care involves correctly applying, programming and responding to critical alarms on medical equipment. A recent article by the Boston Globe highlights one of the dangers of high intensity nursing today – not responding to alarms. Alarms … Continue reading
