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More dosage errors are made in the ED than other hospital departments, and fewer potential dosage errors are caught before they occur, according to a new report from the Rockville, MD-based United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which analyzed medication error reports submitted to its national database in 2001.
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Editors note: This column is part of an ongoing series that will address reader questions about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
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Purpose: To maintain safety and security for all individuals in the hospital environment, in the least restrictive and safest way during an episode of escalation.
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Purpose: To establish staff guidelines for the management of patients in need of a psychiatric assessment that will help ensure the safety of patients and staff in the Emergency Department.
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If youre having trouble retaining and recruiting ED nurses, it may be time to closely examine your violence prevention strategies. The University of Alberta (Canada) Faculty of Nursing surveyed more than 9,000 nurses.
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This article completes a four-part series on abdominal pain that began with the January issue of ED Legal Letter. The first two parts outlined risk management strategies for dealing with adult abdominal pain. The third part detailed obstetric emergencies and the difficulty in caring for both mother and unborn child. This concluding segment will review the evaluation and management of pediatric abdominal pain.
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This study of blood culture draw sites in febrile ICU patients found that it is safe and reliable to obtain at least 1 of the blood cultures from a central venous catheter, irrespective of the type of catheter in place.
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The initial 80% savings rate that Denvers Centura-St. Anthony Central Hospital realized through standardizing a formulary for ICU sedative drugs has held firm for more than four years, according to medical director Joseph Heit, MD.