How to get over with medication errors underestimation? Improving indices of medication errors with focus on intravenous medications in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting; a direct observation study.

Background: The administration of intravenous (IV) medications is a technically complicated and error-prone process. Especially, in the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) setting where toxic drugs are frequently used and patients are in critical immunocompromised conditions, medication errors (ME) can have catastrophic reactions and devastating outcomes such as death. Studies on ME are challenging due to poor methodological approaches and complicated interpretations.

Factors Affecting the Incidence and Severity of Oral Mucositis Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Patients who receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) experience several complications that oral mucositis (OM) is a frequent symptom. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence, risk factors, prophylaxis and treatment strategies for established OM. We included 173 adult patients who received autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in this study.