On September 7, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, together with the Federal Service for Healthcare Supervision in Russia, planned events dedicated to the World Patient Safety Day in 2022.Unsafe methods of drug treatment and errors in the use of medicines are among the leading causes of preventable harm to patients in medical institutions around the world. Medication errors are allowed where systemic deficiencies in the organization of drug therapy, as well as human factors, such as fatigue, unsatisfactory working conditions or lack of staff, affect the correctness of prescribing, accounting, vacation, taking medications and monitoring their use, which in turn can cau...
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