title: Changing hospital culture and systems reduces drug errors and adverse events.
abstract: To reduce adverse drug events, a hospital must make its environment one that encourages staff to report and investigate errors. It must also make drug ordering as standardized as possible and set a commitment to eliminate the root cause of drug errors.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hume
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011340:Problem Solving; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States