Medical Errors & How to Avoid Them

Guides and articles on Medical Errors & How to Avoid Them, from the team behind MedibandPlus.

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How to Prevent Medication Errors: A Guide for a Safer Australia

Most medication harm is not a clinical mistake. It is an information failure — someone did not know something that was true. Which is why the fix is mostly a list.

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The First Ten Minutes: What Emergency Responders Look For

Paramedics hand you over at hospital using a fixed format. Six of its nine fields can be observed at the scene. Three — allergies, medications and background history — can only come from you, or from something you are carrying.

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How to Be Safe in an Emergency With a Chronic Condition

The risk a long-term condition adds in an emergency is not that clinicians will not treat you. It is that they may be treating you without knowing the things that would change their decisions.

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Medical Errors in Australia: How to Protect Yourself

The widely repeated claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death is a US estimate that has been heavily criticised. The Australian evidence is more specific — and more useful.