An interdisciplinary method of classifying and monitoring medication errors

Betz, Ronald P.; Levy, Howard B.

doi:10.1093/ajhp/42.8.1724

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“…We decided to use a definition developed for use in the USA 7 as this was the most comprehensive, and then adapt this for international use. Dispensing errors were further classified into content errors, labelling errors and documentation errors, with further classification based on those used previously 7,10,18,25,27,28 . A draft definition and classification system was sent to eight UK experts in risk or medication errors; these experts were asked to give suggestions about how they could be improved.…”

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The Frequency and Potential Causes of Dispensing Errors in a Hospital Pharmacy

2005

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The Frequency and Potential Causes of Dispensing Errors in a Hospital Pharmacy

2005

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“…Adverse incident reporting encourages multidisciplinary co-operation, which is an integral part of the CQI process [11,21]. It has been employed in a variety of hospital settings [16,27,30], and was used in the current study because it was likely to be eective, inexpensive and easy to administer [7,24,28]. The main criticism of the technique is the potential for the under-reporting of errors [15].…”

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Medication errors in paediatric practice: insights from a continuous quality improvement approach

Wilson

McArtney

Newcombe

et al. 1998

European Journal of Pediatrics

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“…There are 3 types of medication errors: namely those in medication prescribing, dispensing, and administering 1. In the emergency department (ED), up to 10% of medication errors result from prescribing errors 2.…”

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Analysis of Medication Errors in Simulated Pediatric Resuscitation by Residents

Porter¹,

Barcega²,

Kim³

2014

WestJEM

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IntroductionThe objective of our study was to estimate the incidence of prescribing medication errors specifically made by a trainee and identify factors associated with these errors during the simulated resuscitation of a critically ill child.MethodsThe results of the simulated resuscitation are described. We analyzed data from the simulated resuscitation for the occurrence of a prescribing medication error. We compared univariate analysis of each variable to medication error rate and performed a separate multiple logistic regression analysis on the significant univariate variables to assess the association between the selected variables.ResultsWe reviewed 49 simulated resuscitations. The final medication error rate for the simulation was 26.5% (95% CI 13.7% – 39.3%). On univariate analysis, statistically significant findings for decreased prescribing medication error rates included senior residents in charge, presence of a pharmacist, sleeping greater than 8 hours prior to the simulation, and a visual analog scale score showing more confidence in caring for critically ill children. Multiple logistic regression analysis using the above significant variables showed only the presence of a pharmacist to remain significantly associated with decreased medication error, odds ratio of 0.09 (95% CI 0.01 – 0.64).ConclusionOur results indicate that the presence of a clinical pharmacist during the resuscitation of a critically ill child reduces the medication errors made by resident physician trainees.

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An interdisciplinary method of classifying and monitoring medication errors

Cited by 25 publications

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The Frequency and Potential Causes of Dispensing Errors in a Hospital Pharmacy

The Frequency and Potential Causes of Dispensing Errors in a Hospital Pharmacy

Medication errors in paediatric practice: insights from a continuous quality improvement approach

Analysis of Medication Errors in Simulated Pediatric Resuscitation by Residents

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