Medical Injection Errors

Working to Reduce Medication Errors | FDA

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-consumers-and-patients-drugs/working-reduce-medication-errors

Serious harmful results of a medication error may include: Death Life threatening situation Hospitalization Disability Birth defect.

Medication Administration Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-administration-errors

FDA Alerts Healthcare Professionals About the Risk of …

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-alerts-healthcare-professionals-about-risk-medication-errors-tranexamic-acid-injection-resulting

In most of the cases reported to FDA, tranexamic acid injection was erroneously administered instead of the intended intrathecal anesthetic (e.g., bupvicaine …

Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events

A medication error is an error (of commission or omission) at any step along the pathway that begins when a clinician prescribes a medication and ends when the …

6 Medication Error Stories That Made Headlines - Cureatr

https://blog.cureatr.com/6-medication-error-stories-that-made-headlines

Technically Speaking: Vaccine Administration Errors

https://www.chop.edu/news/technically-speaking-vaccine-administration-errors

VERP received 1,256 confidential reports of vaccine errors from September 2012 through June 2015. When these reports were broken down into categories, the two …

Vaccine Administration: Preventing Vaccine …

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/admin/downloads/vaccine-administration-preventing-errors.pdf

A vaccine administration error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm. 1. Vaccine administration errors can have …

Errors with Injectable Medications: Unlabeled Syringes …

https://www.ismp.org/resources/errors-injectable-medications-unlabeled-syringes-are-surprisingly-common

Problem: Research shows that the incidence of errors with injectable medications is higher than with other forms of medications. 1-2 Studies also suggest that …

Medication errors statistics 2023 | SingleCare

https://www.singlecare.com/blog/news/medication-errors-statistics/

There are nine types of medication errors: Prescribing errors Failure to prescribe, administer, or dispense a medication Someone receiving a medication …

Injection errors - Articles

https://www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/injection-errors

The most common error is steroid injections (for example, Kenalog) administered into the deltoid or thigh instead of gluteal muscle. Deep intramuscular …