Background Medication-related adverse events, or adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are
harmful events caused by medication. ADRs could have profound effects on the patients' …

JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE VOL 22. NO 5. EWMA DOCUMENT 2013 S5 year, 11 of
which more than half are drug-resistant. 12 Infections based on resistant bacteria are …

Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell
and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …

A medication error is a preventable event that may lead to inappropriate medication use or
patient harm. 2. We found 36 studies reported error rates in primary care, care homes and …

Abstract Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA) is a systematic risk
assessment method derived from high risk industries to prospectively examine complex …

Background Home care medical devices are the fastest-growing segment of the medical
device industry with associated safety and usability challenges. Human factor studies in the …

Background In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the role of safety culture
in preventing incidents such as medication errors and falls. However, research and …

Purpose Medications are mostly taken in patients' own homes, increasingly administered by
carers, yet studies of medication safety have been largely conducted in the hospital setting …

Background With global aging on the rise, the number of older adults with disabilities was
also increasing exponentially. There has been growing international interest in home …

Objective The first objective was to investigate if the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is
appropriate to measure the safety attitude of caregivers in nursing and residential homes …