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National Coordinating Council for Medication Error …

WEBNCC MERP is comprised of 27 leading national health care organizations that collaborate and cooperate to address causes of medication errors and promote the safe use of …

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Recommendations for Healthcare Organizations to Reduce

WEBThese recommendations apply to healthcare systems, hospital systems, individual hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other organized health care settings. ¹. The …

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Recommendations to Reduce Medication Errors …

WEBThe United States has reached an 59% use of electronic health records in acute care hospitals and with this change providers can now receive electronic alerts on drug …

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Medication Error Definition

WEBThe National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN encourages the sharing and reporting of medication errors, so …

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Consumer Safe Medication Use

WEBConsumer Information for Safe Medication Use. Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. A significant …

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Categorizing Medication Errors

WEBThe National Alert Network (NAN) publishes the alerts from the National Medication Errors Reporting Program. NAN encourages the sharing and reporting of medication errors, so …

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Recommendations / Statements NCC MERP

WEBMar 13, 2020. Recommendations to Weigh Patients and Document Metric Weights to Ensure Accurate Medication Dosing (adopted October 25, 2018) Oct 25, 2018. …

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Reducing Medication Errors Associated with At-risk …

WEBReducing Medication Errors Associated with At-risk Behaviors by Healthcare Professionals. It is human nature to look for quicker and easier ways to accomplish tasks, but these …

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Recommendations for Healthcare Professionals to Reduce …

WEBThese recommendations primarily apply to prescribers, pharmacists, and nurses. The Council encourages healthcare professionals to routinely educate patients and …

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Recommendations to Reduce Medication Errors in Non …

WEBRecommendations for Non-Health Care Settings. Where medications are stored and administered to individuals, written policies and procedures should address the …

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Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Administration of …

WEBPersonnel to whom this applies: 1) nursing staff involved in administration of medications; 2) prescribers and other personnel involved in administration of medications (e.g., …

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Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Prescription

WEBPrescribers should include patient-reported age and, when appropriate, weight (metric units is the preferred scale) of the patient on the prescription or medication order. The most …

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Recommendations for Senior Leadership to Advance Medication …

WEBEach healthcare organization is supervised by a group of senior leaders.1,2 This executive team is tasked with many high-level responsibilities to ensure the continued operation of …

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Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Dispensing Medications

WEBThe Council recommends that: Prescriptions/orders should always be reviewed by a pharmacist, for accuracy and appropriateness before dispensing. Any order that is …

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Recommendations for Avoiding Medication Errors With Drug …

WEBWhoever provides the drug sample should check the expiration date and visually examine the product's integrity before giving it to the patient. Patients taking drug samples should …

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Recommendations for Improving Medication Safety by Reducing …

WEBAdopted. 03/30/2021 - 12:00. The term “polypharmacy” first appeared in the literature in the 1800’s and was used to describe the use of multiple medications to treat a single …

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Statement on Medication Error Rates NCC MERP

WEBThe goal of every health care organization should be to continually improve systems to prevent harm to patients due to medication errors. Health care organizations should …

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Recommendations to Weigh Patients and Document Metric …

WEBAccurate patient information (e.g., age, allergies, laboratory results) helps practitioners select appropriate medications, doses, and routes of administration. 1 One vital piece of …

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Contemporary View of Medication– Related Harm. A New …

WEBNCCMERP Fact Sheet_2015-02-v9.indd. Questions About NCC MERP and Medication Errors. Shawn C. Becker, M.S., B.S.N., Director Healthcare Quality Standards, Science …

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Recommendations for Bar Code Labels on Pharmaceutical (Drug) …

WEBHealth care organizations should adopt bar coding technology to support safe medication use. Single–Unit Container – A single–unit container is one that is designed to hold a …

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Statement Opposing the Criminalization of Errors in Healthcare

WEBCriminalization does not prevent human error, nor do safety procedures prevent intentionally harmful or reckless behavior. A transparent, fair, and consistently applied …

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