Medication error

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Apr 29, 2009

you are not going to find specific incidents (names, dates, facilities). all kinds of medication errors listed on these websites:

http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/ - morbidity and mortality rounds from the agency for healthcare research and quality (ahrq). this site has case archives (you'll see the "case archive" link on the menu bar under their logo bar) that list out specific incidents of drug errors.
http://www.ismp.org/default.asp - home page of the institute for safe medication practices. they track medication errors here in the u.s. and made recommendations on how to avoid errors. you can use the search box to look for information or go to the site map to link in to areas on the site. there is a link to tools there that has all kinds of interesting information that people would find interesting. they publish a monthly newsletter that is free to nurses and available on line. you can view back issues free here: http://www.ismp.org/newsletters/nursing/backissues.asp but you'd have to pull up each issue to see what it addresses.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/mederrors/default.htm - this is the home page of the u.s. food and drug administration medication error page. there is a link there to error reports that you can view.
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety.htm - fda med watch home page. links and numbers to call or access for the latest information on the fda safety information and adverse event reporting program.