Non-health Care Facility Medication Errors Associated with Hormones and Hormone Antagonists in the United States

Introduction Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated with hormones and hormone antagonists in the United...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical toxicology 2017-12, Vol.13 (4), p.293-302
Hauptverfasser:	Magal, Pranav, Spiller, Henry A., Casavant, Marcel J., Chounthirath, Thitphalak, Michaels, Nichole L., Smith, Gary A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Antagonists Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Child Child, Preschool Corticoids Corticosteroids Data systems Databases, Factual Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - diagnosis Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - mortality Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - therapy Drugs Estrogens Female Health care Health care facilities Health facilities Hormone Antagonists - adverse effects Hormones Hormones - adverse effects Humans Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemic agents Infant Infant, Newborn Insulin Male Medical errors Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Original Original Article Pharmacists Pharmacology Pharmacology/Toxicology Poison Control Centers Poisons Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sex Distribution Thiazolidinediones Thyroid Time Factors United States - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Introduction Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated with hormones and hormone antagonists in the United States (US). Methods A retrospective analysis of National Poison Data System data was conducted to identify characteristics and trends of unintentional non-HCF therapeutic errors involving hormones and hormone antagonists among individuals of all ages from 2000 to 2012. Results From 2000 to 2012, US poison control centers received 169,695 calls regarding unintentional non-HCF therapeutic errors associated with hormone therapies, averaging 13,053 medication error calls annually. The rate of reported errors increased significantly by 162.6% ( p
ISSN:	1556-9039 1937-6995 1937-6995
DOI:	10.1007/s13181-017-0630-8