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OBJECTIVE: Medication administration accounts for 40% of the nursing clinical activity in hospitals and nurses play a central role in granting the patient safety, as they are directly responsible for the patient care. This review aims at analyzing the correlation between the clinical risk management and the occurrence of medication errors and the effects of the shift work (such as excessive fatigue and sleep deprivation after a shift in hospital) on inpatient nurses. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This paper adheres to the relevant EQUATOR guidelines.

Medication errors are one of the most common causes of negative events affecting patient safety all over the world.  Scientific literature divides the factors that contribute to the occurrence of harmful events into factors related to the characteristics of the healthcare workers and factors related to the organization of the drug management process. The aim of the study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to medication errors among Italian and Maltese nurses.

The paper examines the different perceptions of
risk associated with anesthesia systems from the viewpoint of the
product manufacturer and the caregiver. Only little research has
been done with regard to the impact of perception of risk on
patient safety in anesthesia. The role of the manufacturer in
mitigating the perception of risk will be central to the work. Risk
will be examined as the probability of negative occurrences based
on the Medical Device Reportable (MDR) events and how the

The paper examines the different perceptions of risk associated with anesthesia systems from the viewpoint of the product manufacturer and the caregiver. Only a little research has been done with regard to the impact of perception of risk on patient safety in anesthesia. The role of the manufacturer in mitigating the perception of risk will be central for the work.

The paper examines the MDR (Medical Device Reporting) reportable events reported to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from medical device manufacturers and caregivers in the US market. A review of all MDRs reported between October 2014 and September 2019 is performed. The MDRs under analysis are related to adverse patient events, in particular to deaths and serious injuries. The study will provide a trend of patient safety as a result of the adverse patient events reported in the five considered years.