Medication – Most errors in medication use are potentially preventable. According to the Ministry of Health, in 2014, medication errors in general accounted for 30% of errors in hospitals. In primary care, it is the main cause of adverse events, especially in children and the elderly.
In addition, the matter is also a matter of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO), which in 2017 launched the global challenge for the safe use of medication. According to the WHO, more than 50% of all medicines are incorrectly prescribed, dispensed and sold; and more than half of the patients who use them do so incorrectly.
In addition, these errors can be caused by different factors that potentially interfere with the prescription, dispensing, administration, consumption and monitoring of medications, which can cause serious harm to health and even death. Thinking about it, we at Health Tips selected a category only of Medicines. To learn more about each drug, click on our index below: