An overview on medication errors and its management
Keywords:
medication error, computerized system, self-administration, medication management, WHOAbstract
Objective: The main point of this current review was to know about medication errors and overcomes. Methods: The review article was illustrated by surveys from published article papers of medication errors by various medical specialists and how to avoid those errors. Reports: According to this article reports pertaining to literature survey, on medication errors and way of reductions available information were collected from web sources and different published papers. Conclusion: The current review determines the critical social imbalance in medication error on pediatrics and medical staffs, particularly nursing, pharmacists or self-administration of drugs. which were more compromised comparable to the examined factors. This information was truly collected and summarizes the health errors and meditational errors.
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