"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".
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2012 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Catchpole K, Abernathy J, Neyens D, Sutcliffe K. Understanding the limitations of incident reporting in medication errors. Br J Anaesth. 2020 10; 125(4):e343-e344.
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Picone MF, New JP, Johnson MH, Desai NN, Hebbard M. Analysis of dosing-button compliance. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Oct 15; 76(21):1770-1776.
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Sessions LC, Nemeth LS, Catchpole K, Kelechi TJ. Nurses' perceptions of high-alert medication administration safety: A qualitative descriptive study. J Adv Nurs. 2019 Dec; 75(12):3654-3667.
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Taber DJ, Pilch NA, McGillicuddy JW, Mardis C, Treiber F, Fleming JN. Using informatics and mobile health to improve medication safety monitoring in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Jul 18; 76(15):1143-1149.
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Avery LM, Fominaya CE, Crawford RC, Pleasants KP, Taber DJ. Characterization of Potentially Unsafe Ambulatory Antibiotic Use and Associated Outcomes in an Adult Kidney Transplant Population. Ann Pharmacother. 2018 10; 52(10):974-982.
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Covert KL, Mardis CR, Fleming JN, Pilch NA, Meadows HB, Mardis BA, Mohan P, Posadas-Salas M, Srinivas T, Taber DJ. Development of a Predictive Model for Drug-Related Problems in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Pharmacotherapy. 2017 02; 37(2):159-169.
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Huang YH, Gramopadhye AK. Recommendations for health information technology implementation in rural hospitals. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2016 May 09; 29(4):454-74.
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Basco WT, Garner SS, Ebeling M, Freeland KD, Hulsey TC, Simpson K. Evaluating the Potential Severity of Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drug Substitution Errors in Children. Acad Pediatr. 2016 Mar; 16(2):183-91.
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Basco WT, Ebeling M, Garner SS, Hulsey TC, Simpson K. Opioid Prescribing and Potential Overdose Errors Among Children 0 to 36 Months Old. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Jul; 54(8):738-44.
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Garner SS, Cox TH, Hill EG, Irving MG, Bissinger RL, Annibale DJ. Prospective, controlled study of an intervention to reduce errors in neonatal antibiotic orders. J Perinatol. 2015 Aug; 35(8):631-5.