"Medication Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
| Descriptor ID |
D008508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.529 N02.421.450.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Medication Errors- Medication Errors
- Errors, Medication
- Error, Medication
- Medication Error
Drug Use Error- Drug Use Error
- Drug Use Errors
- Error, Drug Use
- Errors, Drug Use
- Use Error, Drug
- Use Errors, Drug
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medication Errors".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medication Errors".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medication Errors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medication Errors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Improving medication safety in both adults and children: what will it take? BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Sep 19; 33(10):619-621.
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Intravenous Medication Administration Safety with Smart Infusion Pumps in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Study. Drug Saf. 2024 Jan; 47(1):29-38.
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Parenteral medication considerations for the ketogenic diet. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2023 09 22; 80(19):1357-1363.
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Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6).
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Renal medication-related clinical decision support (CDS) alerts and overrides in the inpatient setting following implementation of a commercial electronic health record: implications for designing more effective alerts. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 06 12; 28(6):1081-1087.
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Comparison of Medication Alerts from Two Commercial Applications in the USA. Drug Saf. 2021 06; 44(6):661-668.
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Blinatumomab use in pediatric ALL: Taking a BiTE out of preparation, administration and toxicity challenges. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021 Mar; 27(2):376-388.
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Association of Display of Patient Photographs in the Electronic Health Record With Wrong-Patient Order Entry Errors. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02; 3(11):e2019652.
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Medication errors and adverse drug events in a UK hospital during the optimisation of electronic prescriptions: a prospective observational study. Lancet Digit Health. 2019 12; 1(8):e403-e412.
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Structured override reasons for drug-drug interaction alerts in electronic health records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 10 01; 26(10):934-942.