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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Reporting Medication Errors Increased Over Last 20 Years

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Amir Abrishami, MD, FRCPC

Chicago—When it comes to medication errors in general anesthesia, more clinicians than ever are reporting their experiences in studies and case reports, according to a systematic review by a Canadian research team. Yet these errors continue, and sometimes with fatal effects.

“We all know that medication errors occur everywhere in medical practice,” said Amir Abrishami, MD, FRCPC, a staff anesthesiologist at Niagara Health and an assistant professor of