Medication Without Harm News Today

In this blog, Dave Taylor and Jackie Martin-Kerry discuss the CHARMER (CompreHensive geriAtRician led MEdication Review) trial, registered at the ISRCTN registry. The trial, which began on 1 February 2024, will be the largest trial within the Ageing Specialty of the Clinical Research Network’s portfolio across England, involving data from over 20,000 older inpatients across 24 hospitals. Internationally, it will be the largest deprescribing trial.

New guidance published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications used routinely in anesthesia care.

Aster DM Healthcare, the largest private healthcare network in Qatar, is conducting a series of awareness activities to mark World Safety Day and 9th Qatar

Download logoIn December 2017, Oluwatayo Akingbile, then 20 years old, understood the harsh implication of using medications without a prescription after

GLOBALLY, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication-related, a quarter of which is severe or life-threatening, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In a statement m...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Orange light rays illuminated the Istana Negara and several landmarks in the federal capital tonight, as a sign of solidarity in celebration of World...

World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Saturday called for addressing unsafe medication practices and medication errors on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day.

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Medication harm accounts for 50 per cent of the overall preventable consequence in medical care, making it an urgent global public health concern, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

KUALA LUMPUR: Orange light rays illuminated the Istana Negara and several landmarks in the federal capital on Saturday (Sept 17) night, as a sign of solidarity in celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2022 which takes place today.