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Original Source: Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: How can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?
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When a patient has had a serious accident and lost a lot of blood, or has a blood disorder, their own blood can be replaced with blood that has been donated by other people. Because of the differe...
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FDA grants accelerated approval to Talon vinCRIStine sulfate injection
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Talon Therapeutics' Marqibo (vinCRIStine sulfate LIPOSOME injection).
Neuroscience shows why not everyone learns from their mistakes
(Medical Xpress)—Some people do not learn from their mistakes because of the way their brain works, according to research led by an academic at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Medical mistakes procedure needs to change
NHS Scotland urged to change how it deals with medical mistakes.
New system would help consumers report health providers' medical mistakes, unsafe practices
The Obama administration wants consumers to report medical mistakes and unsafe practices by doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and others who provide treatment.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Talon Therapeutics today announced Marqibo® (vinCRIStine sulfate LIPOSOME injection) received accelerated approval from the U.S. Food an...
(PRWEB) April 14, 2013 Preventable medical errors account for more deaths each year than breast cancer, automobile accidents, or drownings.Estimates are that 100,000 patients in the U.S. die each y...
Data supported FDA accelerated approval of Marqibo (http://jco.ascopubs.org/) Data published online ahead of print as a Rapid Communication Data represents the per protocol, planned anal...
Seven Common Race-Day Mistakes Made by Runners from Medicine in Motion
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) April 11, 2013 Runners often train for months leading up to a marathon or big race. Long distance runs affect the body in many (and sometimes unexpected) ways, and even minor...
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Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.
BACKGROUND: Little information exists about current patient perceptions of medical mistakes in ambulatory care within a diverse population. We aimed to learn about the perceptions of medical mistakes,...
Motor Control: Correcting Errors and Learning from Mistakes.
How do we learn from errors during complex movement tasks with redundancy? A new study shows that ambiguous mistakes in bimanual movements are corrected by the non-dominant hand, and responsibility fo...
Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon (KMP) is a serious coagulopathy with severe thrombocytopenia (
Admitting mistakes: ethics says yes, instinct says no.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recent educational initiatives by both the World Health Organization and the American Association of Medical Colleges have endorsed integrating teaching of patient safety and qua...
