.."Many of these containers have little difference in shape or color. Even worse, the containers have the drug name, concentration, lot number, and expiration date embossed into the plastic using transparent, raised letters, which are virtually impossible to read." www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2006/2006-01/2006-01-5135

“In her haste to give the already-late medications, she fails to notice the “Do not crush” warning on the electronic medication administration record.”  americannursetoday.com/medication-errors-dont-let-them-happen-to-you/

"​Healthcare practitioners are repeatedly challenged by unexpected problems they encounter due to both large and small work system failures that hinder patient care. A medication needed for a patient is missing on a patient care unit; an order is never received in the pharmacy; access to the automated dispensing cabinet is crowded and time-consuming; the new barcode scanner has a high rate of scanning failures; a critical drug is in short supply—the list of failures is varied and quite long, often making it difficult or impossible to execute tasks as designed."  www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/showarticle.aspx?id=1139

"In 2010, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) declared the “syringe pull-back” method unsafe for preparing IV medications (ISMP Medication Safety Alert Acute Care 2010;15:13; http://goo.gl/​aM0SjO). Despite the imperative to move away from the practice, few institutions have taken additional safety measures such as implementing IV workflow technologies, medication safety experts warn." - By David Wild, Pharmacy Practice News

"Medication-error reporting, medication safety, and pain management have been identified as common areas needing CE, analogous to physicians’ continuing medical education requirements dedicated to risk management."... - By Rita M. Marcoux RPh, MBA and F. Randy Vogenberg RPh, PhD, P&T Community

"...the number of emergency department (ED) visits due to children getting into medicines is rising, with more than 60,000 young children brought to an ED every year because they got into medicines while an adult wasn’t looking. CDC worked with the Georgia Poison Center on the first study to examine how effective devices called flow restrictors—adapters added to the necks of liquid medicine bottles to limit the amount of liquid that can come out of the bottle, even when turned upside down, shaken, or squeezed—can be for preventing young children from getting into liquid medicines."... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"The Institute of Medicine estimates that the rate of medication errors in hospitals is one error per patient per day. Part of what makes hospital care dangerous is complexity. In the US, it is common for patients to be on nine or 10 medications when they are admitted to the hospital."... by Bruce L. Lambert, William Galanter and Robert McNutt  QUARTZ

"At 8:30 to 9:30, we have what is called a medication safety time out," explained Patient Care Supervisor Sid Crocker. "Basically, this is a program designed to try to eliminate or cut down on as many medication errors as possible..."This program gives the nurses more time to concentrate on the medication, but also gives more time with the nurses to explain the medications that they're getting and this will lead to overall patient satisfaction," said Crocker."...
by Madeline Curott  NEWSPLEX.COM