| Author (Corporate) | European Medicines Agency |
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| Publisher | EU |
| Publication Date | 23/05/2013 |
| Content Type | Overview |
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA), in May 2013, issued six key recommendations to tackle the issue of medication errors causing harm in the European Union (EU). These recommendations are described in the medication-errors workshop report. This workshop was held by the Agency from 28 February to 1 March 2013 to raise awareness of this important public-health issue. The Agency, in collaboration with the European Commission and the EU regulatory network, will now develop an action plan, which it will publish before the end of the 2013 Medication errors are unintended errors in the prescribing, dispensing or administration of a medicine while in the control of a healthcare professional, patient or consumer. They are the single most common preventable cause of adverse events in medication practice. |
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| Source Link | http://www.emea.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2013/05/WC500143163.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Health |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
