Background The implementation of preventive measures of look-alike/sound-alike drugs
incidents has given rise to a fundamental rule in Clinical Risk Management, but the problem …

Objectives: This study sought to assess whether transradial access (TRA) compared with
transfemoral access (TFA) is associated with consistent outcomes in male and female …

Background: Contrasting evidence exists on the comparative efficacy and safety of
bivalirudin and unfractionated heparin (UFH) in relation to the planned use of glycoprotein …

Introduction: Look alike/sound alike (LASA) drugs errors can take place in hospital wards,
and they can place patients at risk for adverse events and death. This study was aimed to …

Background Errors caused by the use of Look-Alike/Sound-Alike (LASA) drugs occur with
high frequency in hospital departments. In August 2010 the Italian Ministry of Health passed …

Background The Pharmacy Division of Salerno University Hospital distributes medicines to
patients referred to the Provincial Centre for Multiple Sclerosis, and since November 2011 …

Background Antibiotic resistance is an emerging and alarming problem in the European
Union, considering the high clinical and socio-economic costs, and confirms the widespread …

Background Hospital pharmacists can play an important role in reporting adverse drug
reaction (ADRs). Several publications underscore the fact that adverse drug events account …

Background 'MEREAFaPS Project'is a pharmacovigilance project started in Italy in 2006 with
the aim of introduce pharmacists in Emergency Division to collect data on adverse drug …