WHO Five Moments for Medication Safety: A time to organize?

Since the 2007 landmark report on Preventing Medication Errors from the US National Academy of Medicine, effective interventions have been developed to address medication errors.¹ Despite this, medication errors persist as the most common source of harm for patients worldwide.² In hospitals, adverse drug events are the most common adverse events, accounting in one large study for 39% of all events.³ Medication errors in ambulatory care settings are also an ongoing patient safety challenge.⁴

Citation

Wu AW. WHO Five Moments for Medication Safety: A time to organize? Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management. 2023;28(5):194-196. doi:10.1177/25160435231207448