“Medicines are powerful tools for protecting health.
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但是，如果药物的处方错误、用法不当或质量欠佳，则可能造成严重伤害。
But medicines that are wrongly prescribed, taken incorrectly or are of poor quality, can cause serious harm,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
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任何人都不应该在医疗中受到伤害。”
“Nobody should be harmed while seeking care.”
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不安全用药和错误用药是世界各地医疗系统中可避免的伤害的主要导因之一。
Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are one of the main causes of injury and avoidable harm in health-care systems across the world.
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与用药错误相关的全球费用每年估计达420亿美元。
The global cost associated with medication errors has been estimated at US$42 billion annually.
Medication errors happen due to systemic issues and/or human factors such as fatigue, poor environmental conditions or staff shortages which affect prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring practices.
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这些错误可能导致严重伤害、残疾甚至死亡。
These errors can result in severe harm, disability and even death.
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世界患者安全日旨在加强公众的认识和参与，并鼓励各国促进医疗安全。
World Patient Safety Day aims to increase understanding among and engagement of the public and encourage countries to promote safety in health care.
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今年特别关注用药安全，口号是“无害用药”。
This year has a particular focus on medication safety with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’.
The campaign will also see the consolidation of the ongoing WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm , with the aim of reducing avoidable medication-related harmglobally.