A woman accused of sneaking into Beaverton’s Maryville Nursing Home has been arrested. Theresa Kim Smith is a certified nursing assistant in the Portland area and someone the police listed as “a person of interest” in a reported theft of Fentanyl pain patches. The suspect woman posed as an employee at the Maryville Nursing Home… Continue Reading
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Preventing Medication Errors: The List
Posted in Medication ErrorsRecently, I discussed medication errors in nursing homes. Every nursing home resident I have seen is on some type of medication or vitamin supplement. The likelihood of suffering an injury due to a medication error is higher than almost any type of treatment rendered in a nursing home. How can you prevent the medication errors… Continue Reading
Medication / Pharmaceutical Errors
Posted in Medication ErrorsMedication errors are considered to be any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient. Since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 95,000 reports of medication errors. FDA reviews reports that come to MedWatch, the agency’s adverse event reporting program. (Source: FDA website) The… Continue Reading