Nurses’ perceptions of medication administration safety in public hospitals in the Gauteng Province: A mixed method study by Alwiena J. Blignaut, Siedine K. Coetzee, Hester C. Klopper, Suria M. Ellis

“…Conclusions: Solutions aimed at preventing medication errors should be based on causes identified within a specific context. …”
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AWARENESS OF THE POPULATION ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR FACTORS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASES AS A RESULT OF THE APPLICATION OF A POPULATION STRATEGY by Svetlana A. Fedotkina, Elsa V. Khugaeva

“…Within the framework of primary health care, medical examinations and preventive medical examinations are aimed at increasing the awareness of the population about risk factors for the development of non-communicable, including cardiovascular diseases through medical consultations. …”
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MARKIZ study: screening for post-COVID-19 syndrome using a questionnaire to identify symptoms and risk factors for noncommunicable diseases by N. A. Nikolaev, O. M. Drapkina, M. A. Livzan, Yu. P. Skirdenko, A. Yu. Gorshkov, А. V. Gorbenko, L. Yu. Drozdova, K. A. Andreev, A. I. Blokh, O. V. Gaus, T. D. Zakharova, O. V. Plotnikova, M. M. Fedorin

“…To provide data on the diagnostic and prognostic value of questionnaire survey for post-COVID-19 syndrome during screening and regular medical check-ups of employees, as well as preventive medical examinations.Material and methods. This single-center cross-sectional comparative study involved 1120 people (92,1% of the general population — all employees of the organization), including 195 men (67,3% of the general population) and 925 women (79,5% of the general population). …”
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Data Resource: Vascular Risk in Adult New Zealanders (VARIANZ) datasets by Suneela Mehta, Rod Jackson, Daniel J Exeter, Billy P Wu, Sue Wells, Andrew J Kerr

“…Data contents Individual-level data for each VARIANZ dataset includes variables covering demography, dispensing of cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive medications, prior hospitalisations for atherosclerotic CVD, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes and five-year risk of a fatal or non-fatal CVD event for those without prior CVD. …”
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Benchmarking of medication incidents reporting and medication error rates in a JCI accredited university teaching hospital at a GCC country by May Hassan ElLithy, Hager Salah, Lamyaa Samir Abdelghani, Walid Assar, Martin Corbally

“…Pharmacy interventions/clarifications saw a massive increase and impact from Q3-2018 to Q2-2019, compared to the same period in 2018. By preventing medical incidents, benchmarking, and analyzing incidents and the reporting system, the use of information technology could dramatically reduce the rate of drug incidents. …”
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Predictors of life satisfaction in elders living at home in the Czech Republic by Radka Bužgová, Radka Kozáková, Katka Bobčíková, Renáta Zeleníková

“…An initial depression screening is also required as part of preventive medical examinations to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of depression.…”
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Impacts of language barriers on healthcare access and quality among Afaan Oromoo-speaking patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Amanti Baru Olani, Ararso Baru Olani, Takele Birhanu Muleta, Dame Habtamu Rikitu, Kusa Gemeda Disassa

“…The impacts of language barriers on the patients include preventable medical errors, low treatment adherence, low health-seeking behavior, additional treatment cost, increased length of hospital stays, weak therapeutic relation, social desirability bias, less confidence, and dissatisfaction with the healthcare. …”
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Attitudes towards deprescribing and patient-related factors associated with willingness to stop medication among older patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Indonesia: a cross-sec... by Monika Pury Oktora, Cindra Tri Yuniar, Lia Amalia, Rizky Abdulah, Eelko Hak, Petra Denig

“…Abstract Background Deprescribing of preventive medication is recommended in older patients with polypharmacy, including people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Self‐assessed medication risk factors as part of comprehensive health screening in home‐dwelling older adults by Jonna‐Carita Kanninen, Juha Puustinen, Marja Airaksinen, Hannu Kautiainen, Anna‐Liisa Koivisto, Pauliina Hietasalo, Anna‐Maija Heikkilä, Susanna Kunvik, Terhi Toivo, Maarit Dimitrow, Jussi Bergman, Anu Holm

“…Conclusion As a part of comprehensive health screening the LOTTA Checklist provides useful information to prevent medication‐related risk factors in home‐dwelling older adults. …”
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Osteoporosis’s undertreatment in Pakistan by Usama Atiq, Rameen Rafique, Sami Atiq, Eesha Tehreem

“… Dear Madam, Osteoporosis results in the weakening of the bones over time; this is a preventable medical condition. Unfortunately, this makes people prone to low-impact fractures. …”
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Avoiding a Med-Wreck: a structured medication reconciliation framework and standardized auditing tool utilized to optimize patient safety and reallocate hospital resources by Ali Elbeddini, Sarah Almasalkhi, Thulasika Prabaharan, Cindy Tran, Mohamed Gazarin, Ahmed Elshahawi

“…Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, preventing medication errors is vital to avoid patient readmission, reduce disease complications, and reduce cost and patient burden on the healthcare system. …”
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Structure, Process and Outcome Evaluation of Central Public Health Laboratory Performance About Neonatal Screening Program in Karbala in 2022 by Dunia Fawaz Mohammed, Mahdi Murshd Thuwaini, Alaa Hussein Abed

“… Background: Neonatal screening is a preventive medical act aims to early detecting neonates affected by specific disorders that endanger their lives or cause long-term health problems and require prompt intervention. …”
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New trends in urban environmental health research: from geography of diseases to therapeutic landscapes and healing gardens by Diana Dushkova, Maria Ignatieva

“…It is increasing awareness among researchers and health practitioners of the potential benefits to the health from activities in natural settings and especially from regular contact with nature, which can be perceived as a preventive medical tool. This paper discusses the close relationship between the concepts of health-supporting landscapes and sustainability in modern cities based on literature review and case studies from EU, Russian and Australian projects. …”
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Population satisfaction with the organization of the prophylactic medical examination of the certain groups of adult population and their readiness to influence on the risk factors by P. M. Karzukhin, O. Yu. Korennova, A. E. Storozhenko

“…The study included 6204 patients who underwent preventive medical examination during the clinical examination of the certain groups of adult population in Omsk in 2013. …”
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Effect of real-world fear on risky decision-making in medical school-based students: A quasi-experimental study by Lei Wang, Sheng Chen, Wei Xiao

“…Objective: To explore the effect of real-world fear on risky decision-making under certainty and uncertainty.Methods: This quasi-experimental study enrolled non-psychology undergraduate volunteers aged between 17 and 20 years old from the Preventive Medical Institute medical school in Xi’an. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, and each group received a two-stage crossover design intervention (of a calm and fearful situation) and completed the tasks of risky decision-making under uncertainty (the balloon analog risk task: BART) and certainty (the Cambridge gambling task: CGT), respectively. …”
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Migraine Characteristics, Comorbidities, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Associated Costs of Early Users of Erenumab in the USA: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrat... by David Chandler, Christine Szekely, Shivani Aggarwal, Lori Cyprien, Mark Bensink

“…In the post-erenumab period, claims for comorbidities of non-migraine headaches and anxiety were reduced and there was a shift to decreased use of acute and preventive medications. Reductions in overall use and associated cost of healthcare resources such as inpatient hospitalization and outpatient office visits were minimal, with slightly more pronounced reductions in the subgroup of patients that were persistent to erenumab. …”
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Patient Safety in the Surgery: An Investigation of the Near-miss Cases Encountered by the Surgical Team While Applying the Surgical Safety Checklist by Sultan BOZKURT, Hilal TÜZER

“…Early detection of these errors will prevent the occurrence of preventable medical errors. Increasing training and making positive feedback to surgical team members will increase the use of SSC form and event notifications.…”
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Investigation of nuclear factor-κB inhibitors and interleukin-10 as regulators of inflammatory signalling in human adipocytes. by Turner, J, Foxwell, K, Kanji, R, Brenner, C, Wood, S, Foxwell, B, Feldmann, M

“…Interventions targeted at adipocyte inflammation may therefore form novel therapies to treat or prevent medical complications of obesity. We set out to explore whether anti-inflammatory interventions which are effective in conventional immune cells would operate on primary human cultures of in-vitro differentiated adipocytes. …”

Cholesterol- and blood pressure-lowering drug use for secondary cardiovascular prevention in 2004 - 2013 Europe by Achelrod, D, Gray, A, Preiss, D, Mihaylova, B

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Suboptimal use of cardiovascular prevention medications has been reported. We report recent trends in secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention drug use in Europe. …”

Intra-Articular Ultrasonography Probe for Minimally Invasive Upper Extremity Arthroscopic Surgery: A Phantom Study by Shintaro Oyama, Nobuo Niimi, Masato Mori, Hitoshi Hirata

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