Pain medication sold at Walmart is being recalled across the country due to an error that could have "fatal" consequences, the FDA says.

Emerging technologies have been recommended as potential mechanisms for reducing medication errors. Critical evaluations of the impact of these new technologies on medication errors and other ...

Seema Jaitly defines what constitutes a medication error and explains the process for accurate recording and reporting so that risks can be assessed and reduced ...

Preventable patient harm remains a pressing issue in healthcare, with medication errors posing a significant threat. These errors contribute to an estimated 140,000 to 440,000 deaths annually in ...

Objective: To systematically review empirical evidence on the prevalence and nature of medication administration errors (MAEs) in health care settings. Data Sources: Ten electronic databases ...

A study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from the ...