Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of hip fracture patients remains a clinical priority. To date, there is limited empirical knowledge about the impact of pandemic on the care of patients surgically treated for hip fracture, affected or not by COVID-19.
Objective: To investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing-sensitive and rehabilitation outcomes of frail patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.
Medication errors are a well-known problem in healthcare organizations. Several studies have shown that medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) are the biggest causes of adverse events in hospitals. This work will present the Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli of Bologna's project, which has an systemic and integrated approach to prevent and minimize medication errors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedication errors occur frequently in many clinical settings. Various studies have highlighted that, together with adverse drug events, they represent one of the major causes of adverse events occurring in hospitals. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed retrospective medical record review in order to investigate the incidence of medication errors occurring in the prescription and transcription phases of the medication use process.
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