Key result
Medication errors in parturients remain globally underreported due to absent critical incident reporting systems, necessitating a review of common errors and management protocols.
Why the study?
Medication errors in a parturient can be devastating to two lives and are underreported due to the absence of critical incident reporting in multiple countries.
Highlights the critical issue of underreported medication errors in parturients and reviews management protocols.
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Absent reporting systems sustain underreporting of medication errors in parturients; leaves open optimal prevention protocols pending prospective data.
Medication errors in a parturient can be devastating as two lives are involved. Owing to the absence of critical incident reporting in parurients in multiple countries of the world, these errors are underreported. We herein discuss the common medication errors in a parturient, the published literature, and the management protocols practiced.
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Kaur et al. (2022) studied this question. Medication errors in parturients remain globally underreported due to absent critical incident reporting systems, necessitating a review of common errors and management protocols.
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