Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority setting report. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority setting report. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2018

Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority setting report.

Heneka N, Shaw T, Azzi C, Phillips JL. Support Care Cancer. 2018 May 4; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary explored organizational opioid incident review experiences from six hospitals in Australia to set priorities for improvement. The authors determined where process errors occurred, reviewed what factors were involved, and discussed error reduction strategies. They suggest their findings can inform future opioid safety efforts for oncology and palliative care patients.

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