{"id":41716,"date":"2011-09-18T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/insulin-is-one-of-the-top-10-high-risk-medications-worldwide-for-prescription-errors.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:48:34","slug":"insulin-is-one-of-the-top-10-high-risk-medications-worldwide-for-prescription-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/insulin-is-one-of-the-top-10-high-risk-medications-worldwide-for-prescription-errors.php","title":{"rendered":"Insulin is one of the top 10 high risk medications worldwide for prescription errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_LY7APi0bufs\/RnYDIofMZkI\/AAAAAAAABZU\/oW7ESY3D0yA\/s1600-h\/Standard_insulin_syringe.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d347e_Standard_insulin_syringe.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Insulin has been identified as one of the top 10 high risk medicines worldwide. Errors are common - the first national audit in England and Wales showed <b>prescribing errors in 19.5% of cases<\/b>.<\/p><p>Not only are mistakes common, they often lead to harm - <b>3% of medication errors are related to insulin<\/b>, but these errors were also twice as likely to cause harm as errors for other prescribed drugs.<\/p><p>Errors relating to insulin arise because insulin has a narrow therapeutic range and requires precise dose adjustments with careful administration and monitoring.<\/p><p>Over 20 different types of insulin are in use, in various strengths and forms, and with a range of delivery devices, including insulin syringes (from vials), insulin pens (prefilled or reusable), or infusion pumps.<\/p><p>References:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/341\/bmj.c5269.short\">Safer administration of insulin: summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency<\/a>. BMJ  2010;  341:c5269  doi: 10.1136\/bmj.c5269  (Published 13 October 2010).<\/p><div>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Standard_insulin_syringe.JPG\">Wikipedia<\/a>, public domain.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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