Separate Medication Preparation Rooms Reduce Interruptions and Medication Errors in the Hospital Setting: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Interruptions and errors during the medication process are common, but published literature shows no evidence supporting whether separate medication rooms are an effective single intervention in reducing interruptions and errors during medication preparation in hospitals. We tested the hypothesis that the rate of interruptions and reported medication errors would decrease as a result of the introduction of separate medication rooms.

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of separate medication rooms on interruptions during medication preparation and on self-reported medication error rates.

Effects of an educational patient safety campaign on patients' safety behaviours and adverse events.

Rationale, aims and objectives  The study aims to investigate the effects of a patient safety advisory on patients' risk perceptions, perceived behavioural control, performance of safety behaviours and experience of adverse incidents. Method  Quasi-experimental intervention study with non-equivalent group comparison was used. Patients admitted to the surgical department of a Swiss large non-university hospital were included.

Uncommon case of a cystic papillary meningioma in an adolescent.

Introduction: Meningiomas, especially papillary meningiomas, are rare tumours in childhood and adolescence. They are histologically classified as atypical.

Case Report: We present a 15-year-old girl with a cystic papillary meningioma extending from the infratentorial to the supratentorial region extracranially.

Pilocytic astrocytomas with leptomeningeal dissemination: biological behavior, clinical course, and therapeutical options.

Background: The aim of this case-based update is to discuss the biological characteristics, clinical course, and optimal treatment of pediatric patients harboring pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) with leptomeningeal dissemination (LMD). PAs are well-recognized benign pediatric tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite a favorable outcome in general, in rare cases LMD might occur and contribute to poor clinical course.