Abstract
ABSTRACTMedication errors are preventable events that health care professionals, consumers, and medication manufacturers report to the US Food and Drug Administration. The agency receives more than 100,000 medication‐related reports each year, and some reports involve patient death. A variety of sources provide perioperative nurses with information on interventions and practices to prevent medication errors, including the US Pharmacopeia, The Joint Commission, medication manufacturers’ instructions for use, safety data sheets, and the updated AORN “Guideline for medication safety.” This article provides an overview of the guideline and discusses recommendations for organizational oversight, procurement and storage, retrieval and preparation, labeling, and hazardous medications. It also includes a scenario that illustrates perioperative nursing practices for administering an antineoplastic medication intraoperatively. Perioperative nurses should review the guideline in its entirety and implement recommendations in operative or procedural settings.
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