The concept of medication safety has become a highly significant concept in the field of health. According to the CDC‚ about 82% of the United States population takes at least one medication daily. Due to this rather high percentage‚ over 700‚000 emergency room visits are related to adverse drug reactions. Drug interactions happen when different medications interrelate with each other‚ leading to either increase or reduced drug effects. These effects can be dangerous and in some scenarios‚ deadly
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Medication Safety Introduction When an individual is sick or injured and visits a hospital‚ medication plays an important role in their recovery. Nurses play a vital role in the administration of medication in the clinical setting and surprisingly there are many errors that occur that could result in more complications or even death. On average hospitalized patients experience one medication error per day (Xu‚ et al‚ 2014‚ p. 286). There are many reasons as to why errors occur but there are also
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E3: Health‚ Safety and Welfare at Work: Employment and Equality (A) The health safety and welfare at work 2005. This act applies to all employers‚ self-employed and employees in all places of work. The manual handling‚ which forms part of the safety‚ health and welfare at work regulations 2007. Safety should be a high priority for everyone. Employers and employees work safely to protect themselves and other employees. The HAS is a state sponsored body that monitors the workplace to ensure that they
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What is patient safety? Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care (WHO 2004). These could include “errors”‚ “deviations “and “accidents “. Achieving patient safety involves the interaction of all the system components; never residing only in person‚ device‚ or department. It is the core of health care quality. According to the Joint Commission Patient Safety (2004 through 2011). Miscommunication was listed as one of the top contributing cause
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The Importance of Medication Safety It is evident that medication errors are very common in the health care setting. It can cause complications to the patient that may be detrimental and life-threatening to his/her health. In fact‚ this illustrates incompetence and an inadequate amount of focus‚ which are imperative to have in all aspects of health care involved. Unfortunately‚ there are various reasons as to why these problems occur. The responsibilities
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How to Ensure Food Safety Food microbiology Submitted to Mam Azra Submitted by Syeda shadab zahid M.sc previous College of Home Economics University of Peshawar Food safety: Food safety is the utilization of various resources and strategies to ensure that all types of foods are properly stored‚ prepared‚ and preserved so they are safe for consumption. Practicing this level of food sanitation begins with the purchase or acquisition of different food items and ends with the proper storage
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Patient safety and care in a healthcare practice is a top concern that healthcare professionals such as doctors‚ nurses‚ administrators and staff aim to improve every day. Over the decades in the past‚ there has been incredible advancements in patient safety because of better technology. One such technology that has had a tremendous impact is the barcode scanner. Healthcare barcode solutions help to streamline the patient’s admitting process‚ track medication and care of the patient throughout their
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Patient safety is to minimize and prevent the risk of harm ensuring effectiveness and exceptional quality in patient’s care. The importance of patient safety to professional nursing is to give the best possible care‚ preventing errors‚ having continuous education and appropriate training‚ receiving and giving adequate communication‚ and utilizing ways to prevent fall and injury of the patient in order to have a safe outcome. Prevent errors Reporting mistakes and near-misses are fundamental to preventing
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1. Patient safety remains the priority and is considered the most important challenge for the healthcare institution. With the increasing competitiveness of the market‚ and the complexity of the functions within the healthcare institution‚ it is very important to treat every patient as a unique human being who has a right to safe and quality care. Not only from a moral and ethical stance‚ but from a legal perspective as well. Patient safety is of the utmost importantance for healthcare institutions
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Safety is the condition of being protected against physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ financial or other types or consequences of failure‚ damage‚ harm or any other event which could be considered un-desirable. To me safety is the most important aspect of any environment because it affects a person mentally and for anyone to show his/her best performance it is necessary that their safety zone is intact. When we think about safety the
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