Most nursing home medication errors involve analgesics and sedatives, and these drugs are likely to account for errors regardless of how frequently they are administered, according to recently ...
Nursing home residents are four times as likely to receive an improper dosage of a medication if it is administered in a liquid format than as a pill or tablet. Other delivery formats, such as ...
A man suffered an opioid overdose following confusion among care home staff over his medication. Thompson Elliott, a resident at Grangewood in Houghton-le-Spring, was given medication in December for ...
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Inspectors concerned over care home medication
The concerns are detailed in a report on the service at the recently-built 52 bed care home, published by the Care ...
The authors leave open the possibility that current reporting systems are not catching the impact of all medication errors. A different study earlier this year found that medical errors, including ...
A Port Glasgow care home has been given a “weak” rating for several key areas following a series of unannounced inspections.
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