Riding in the back of an ambulance managing a very sick child is far from the ideal time for a paramedic to do math. But often paramedics must do a few calculations in their heads to determine the ...

Acelyrin (NASDAQ:SLRN) said it is conducting a review of its Phase2/3 clinical trial for its drug izokibep in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis due to dose sequencing errors linked to a vendor ...

Administration of a dose of medication that was never ordered for that patient. Extra dose: An extra dose was any dose given in excess of the total number of times ordered by the physician, such as a ...

First responders in Texas are using a new technology system that helps lower the risk of human dosage errors when giving medicine, NBC-affiliate TV station KAGS reports. The system, called Handtevy, ...

The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program has reached new heights of complexity with the start of the bivalent booster program, leading to concerns about the potential for more errors in the ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has published a free, downloadable two-page list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols and dose designations. The problematic abbreviations, symbols and ...

About 1,500 heart attack victims may die needlessly each year because they get the wrong doses of clot-dissolving drugs, a study estimated. While the medicines are clearly life-saving if given ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Three-year-old John Casolaro's parents had no idea what was wrong when he was sick this past December. Then, his father noticed something unusual while mixing the boy's liquid ...