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Marlene Fuller South University HCM 4025-Strategic Management in Healthcare Professor: Hwangi H Lu, PhD 1/23/2023 What measures should be adopted to reduce the overall drug error rate in the hospital? Dispensing errors are frequently the outcome of error-prone systems and processes. About 21% of drug mistakes occur during the dispensing process (Rama P. Nair, 2010) . Patient safety can be raised by acknowledging unfavorable incidents when they occur, understanding them, and attempting to prevent them (Rama P. Nair, 2010) . Hospitals can utilize systems to reduce drug errors (Rodziewicz, Houseman, & Hipskind, 20222) . A few examples of systems are “weight-based dosing, barcoding systems, standardized units of measure, avoiding confusing units of measure, electronic medical records and always having a pharmacist on hand to help with dosage calculation (Rodziewicz, Houseman, & Hipskind, 20222) ” and evaluate the drug and dose before administration is essential to prevent unnecessary pharmaceutical errors (Rodziewicz, Houseman, & Hipskind, 20222) . What special benefits should be given to the patients who have suffered due to negligence by the hospital staff for wrong drug administration and other reasons? In an event of a patient who has suffered negligence due to wrong drug administrations, you want to inform the patient, inform the rest of the staff, document the error, and report the error to the hospital safety committee (Secemsky, 2013) . If a patient is injured as a result of a medical provider's negligence, they may be entitled to financial compensation to pay for medical costs, lost income, and pain and suffering (Sadska Law, n.d.) .

I n your opinion, should the hospital staff who were responsible for the dispensing errors be held personally liable for the errors? Why or why not? In my opinion, If the hospital staff member has followed all the right procedures and checks before disturbing the medication, then the staff member should not be responsible for a dispensing error. Because I feel as if he/she has done everything they were supposed to do and didn’t mean to internally harm the patient. References Rama P. Nair, R. D. (2010, Jan 20). 10 Strategies for Minimizing Dispensing Errors. Retrieved from Pharmacy Times: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/p2pdispensingerrors-0110 Rodziewicz, T. L., Houseman, B., & Hipskind, J. E. (20222, Uodated December 4). Medical Error Reduction and Prevention. Retrieved from NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499956/ Sadska Law. (n.d.). Facts on Settlements for Wrong Prescriptions. Retrieved from Sadska Law: https://www.sadakafirm.com/blog/settlements-for-wrong-prescriptions/ Secemsky, B. J. (2013, September 21). What to do after you make a medical error. Retrieved from Kevin.MD: https://www.kevinmd.com/2013/09/medical-error.html

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