Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - May 8, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Update on the usage and safety of epinephrine auto-injectors, 2017
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - March 21, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Quantifying the relationship between patient characteristics and involvement in developing and implementing a treatment plan
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - January 16, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Development and validation of evaluation tools of nursing students & rsquo; clinical pharmacology unit
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - December 15, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Implementation of co-trimoxazole preventive therapy policy for malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women in the public health facilities in Tanzania
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - December 13, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Pattern of chemotherapy-related adverse effects among adult cancer patients treated at Gondar University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - December 7, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Positive clinical outcomes derived from using Streptococcus salivarius K12 to prevent streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in children: a pilot investigation
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - November 21, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Point prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in two teaching hospitals of Amhara region in Ethiopia
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - August 23, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Extent of dispensing prescription-only medications without a prescription in community drug retail outlets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a simulated-patient study
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - July 14, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Topiramate-induced maculopathy in IgG4-related disease
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Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - June 8, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

The virgin land of quality management: a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands
Conclusion: The management group is recommended to raise awareness of their role in supporting a safe and caring environment for patients and staff, moreover the leaders should ensure that every day work achieves its objectives; keeping the patients safe. Furthermore, following the development in patient safety culture over time is recommended. Keywords: safety attitudes questionnaire, medical specialties, frontline staff, clinical leaders, patient safety culture (Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety)
Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - April 26, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Patient safety climate at the Faroe Islands
Kristensen S, Túgvustein N, Zachariassen H, Sabroe S, Bartels P, Mainz J (Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety)
Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - April 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Seasonality in acute liver injury? Findings in two health care claims databases
Conclusion: No seasonal pattern was observed in the diagnosis of ALI. The positive and negative controls showed the expected patterns, strengthening the validity of the statistical and visual tests used for detecting seasonality. Keywords: acute liver injury, acetaminophen, seasonality (Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety)
Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - March 31, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research

Seasonality in acute liver injury?
Weinstein RB, Schuemie MJ, Ryan PB, Stang PE (Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety)
Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - March 30, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Safety of apixaban for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: the evidence to date
Vladimir Trkulja Department of Pharmacology, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia Abstract: Apixaban, a direct orally active anticoagulant (selective, direct factor Xa inhibitor) is approved for (primary) prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing elective total-hip or total-knee arthroplasty, for acute treatment/prevention of recurrent events in patients with VTE, and extended prophylaxis in patients with a history of VTE. Another approved use is prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. The present overview focuses on the safety o...
Source: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety - February 18, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Source Type: research