In Australia, medical errors result in as many as 18,000 unnecessary deaths, while more than 50,000 patients become disabled each year. Estimates suggest that 86 per cent of these events occur in a hospital setting.1 Medical errors can be caused ...

Study finds interrupting nurses while they are tending to patients’ medication needs increases the chances of error. Nurses could soon be seen walking the wards wearing “do not disturb” signs to cut down on the number of interruptions while trying ...