An assisted living center for people with dementia has been fined $6,000 for a serious medication error that resulted in a ...

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for ...

Several factors, including case type and provider experience, influence whether anesthesiologists report medication errors, according to a study published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

Every year, up to 9,000 people die in the US as a result of a prescription medication error. That figure doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands of patients who ...

Background Double-checking of medication administration is a safety practice used in hospitals around the world. Independence is recommended as the key to effectiveness. Independent double-checking ...

Medication errors reported by registered nurses occur more frequently in the medical-surgical and intensive care units than any other hospital units, according to a ...