When an Error is an Adverse Event?
Adverse Event is an Error with Damage. It is important to have a clear definition of Adverse Events (AE) because there are many variants of it in literature.
What is unit dose re-packaging and why to do it?
Unitarizing (Unit dose repackaging) is the process of preparing the drugs in ready-to-administer form to the patient. That is, without any necessary preparation to be performed in a subsequent operation. This process is normally performed in the Hospital Pharmacy, Drug Store Sector or Unitarization Center...
When the Culture what Matters Most
What do we understand when we talk about culture in a hospitable environment? We refer to the attitude of each one and in its totality towards the others and toward the environment.
The Largest Numbers Of Patient Safety
We have reviewed more than 100 articles and works and all of them show error statistics. Even so, it is very difficult to reach firm numbers. For those of us who are used to the engineering sciences, it is difficult to understand so many differences between some works and others.