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The hospital as an entity has made available to staff the list of prohibited abbreviations by having a written document to demonstrate to staff what is acceptable and what is not acceptable to use. However, it appears that some staff are still using some unacceptable abbreviations as shown in the NPSG 2 chart at 99.6%. Continuous use of unacceptable abbreviations means that the hospital will continue to see more errors as these abbreviations would be misread/misinterpreted therefore wrong medications or wrong treatments would be provided to patients.

When I say this, however, most people would picture the nurse giving the wrong medication due to lack of focus on the tasks at hand. While this could happen, I have noticed during my time at hospitals that the doctor orders are still hand written for the most part. Consequently, they can be very hard to be read legibly much less correctly translated into proper medication dosages. The first suggestion I would give to an organization would be that they required all orders to be submitted securely, by the doctors, to the pharmacy be electronic means.

The use of abbreviations shortens length of many words thus really help healthcare professionals in saving time spent in writing notes. Abbreviations however do not always provide positive contributions due to misconceptions, misunderstandings, and misinterpretations leading to commitment of errors in the practice. Similarities in abbreviations for instance could root to a grave mistake. For instance the q.d. which an inscriber would like to indicate as every day could be erroneously interpreted as q.i.d. which means four times a day. Such error could result to over dosage when a certain medication is taken four times in a day instead of just once. Though some abbreviations can be easily

Good post for module eight discussion. I like that you added to keep the patient's medication list up to date. In addition to your post, the nurse should be aware that there are certain drug names that look alike and are spelled similarly (Kee, Hayes, & McCuistion, 2015, p. 129). These types of medications can cause medication errors if not doubled checked. The Joint Commission along with several others use the "tall man" letters as a safety strategy to reduce the confusion between similar-sounding drugs (Kee, Hayes, & McCuistion, 2015, p. 129). This type of lettering is used so that individuals and see the difference in the spelling of medications (Kee, Hayes, & McCuistion, 2015, p. 129). This type of lettering should be used for computer

In the article, Error-Prone Abbreviations, I learned so many more abbreviations that are commonly mistaken. Like “OJ” for example: it is mistaken for “OD” or “OS.” The person that misinterpreted the abbreviation may give a drug the patient’s eye that was just supposed to be diluted in orange juice. People also misinterpret drug names. “ARA A” is mistaken for cytarabine (ARA C), but it really is vidarabine. Getting drugs mixed up is very dangerous for a patients health and well-being. Using complete names will help solve the

In this article it talks about how the miss use of medical abbreviations should never happen. Like BT means bedtime but could be mistaken for BID which is twice a day. ISMP would like you to use bedtime so that there is no confusions. Another abbreviation that could cause a miss communication is HS which means half strength, which could be interpreted as bedtime. Which means they would be taking the full amount when they should only be taking half of the normal doses. Yes, I think that is very helpful to help cut down on all of the miss communication.

In the article Dangerous abbreviations: “U” can make a difference! I learned about dangerous abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols. Many medical errors occur with confirmation bias. During drug administering, errors are made by 10 folds because of a lack or over use of a zero before/after a decimal. Keeping in mind, that these errors often occur, can help us prevent a death.

54 million Americans have a disability. Said more clearly, one in five Americans have a disability. Extended globally there are more than 610 million people in the world with some sort of disability or special needs (Manning-Schaffel, 2007). Upon reviewing most available market analysis it is apparent that this group is not being directly market to on a large scale. Likewise there is both a great need and many new opportunities as technology quickly advances. From a financial perspective this group is spending $8.8 billion USD worldwide on assistive devices primarily being pushed through medical representatives. This market is projected to reach $11 billion USD by 2015 and to continue at a 5%+ growth rate thereafter ("Assistive devices

(30, 47) To reduce these adverse events, intensive care units need design checklists, protocols, and standard operating procedures. The measures should include, but are not limited to, education, increased awareness of hand hygiene measures, reduction of the duration of mechanical ventilation and universal use

Illegible handwriting is the most common factor of error-prone abbreviation medication errors. Medication error have been reduced due to computerized order-entry systems although paper prescriptions may still be in use.

In today’s health care system, “quality” and “safety” are one in the same when it comes to patient care. As Florence Nightingale described our profession long ago, it takes work and vigilance to ensure we are doing the best we can to care for our patients. (Mitchell, 2008)

This paper will attempt to define the question “What are Five Patient Safety Concerns in the Operating Room?” The paper will cover potential patient safety issues pertaining to fire safety, positioning safety, retained surgical items, surgical site infection, and wrong surgery. Policies and procedures are set forth as a guideline for the team to provide a safe environment for the patient under our care. With healthcare on the rise, an extended hospitalization for treatment of an injury related to a surgical procedure, can impact reimbursement of the facility. Therefore, great care must be given to ensure the patient is free from injury while under the care of the surgeon and the surgical team. Everyone must be the patient’s advocate when it comes to their safety.

Being fluent as a Billing and Coder in Medical Terminology is very imperative to the success of our career. One slip up because of a incorrect term can lead to a number of different issues, and most importantly it can lead to rejection and non-payment which is a big NO for the office. There are even simple terms that can be mixed up. According to Quizlet some terms that are commonly mixed up are 'ilium and ileum' 'palpation and palpitation' and 'viral and virile' just to name a few (1).

Medical errors caused by human oversight are the main issue inside Emory Healthcare. In 1986, it was calculated that 37% of the patient cases had medication treatment fault. The problems are due to the lack of standard for orders by physicians. Physicians would place orders by hand writing, and then they would call a nurse and ask him/her to write the

Keeping in mind the end goal to enhance the current examination design, the Staff Selection Board (SSC) has as of late reported to delay the Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) that was to be hung on May 8 and May 22, 2016.Additionally, the commission prior declared to lead the Tier 2 examination on August 13 and 14, 2016. In the interim, this choice of the commission has given more opportunity to the understudies to get ready well for the Tier I exam.