LNP 299 Systems Errors and Medication Tragedies
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The term “system errors” describes errors in the medication administration process that support error-prone practices rather than practices which cannot lead to or do not support errors. Lucian Leape and co-authors described 13 system errors which were identified as “Proximal Causes” of medication errors. These are the system errors they pinpointed.
Listen in as Pat Iyer chats about these points
- The story of a settled case that dramatically describes a systems failure resulting in significant injury
- 13 ways system errors can occur
- What happens when the system breaks down
- Why hospitals and its employees need to properly train and supervise staff
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Your Presenter
Pat Iyer has been a legal nurse consultant since 1987. She also built a successful LNC business that was filled with loyal attorney clients who returned over and over with cases.