Analysis of a Medication Safety Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Strategies to reduce medication dosing errors are crucial for improving outcomes. The Medication Education for Dosing Safety (MEDS) intervention, consisting of a simplified handout, dosing syringe, dose demonstration and teach-back, was shown to be effective in the emergency department (ED), but optimal intervention strategies to move it into clinical practice remain to be described.

Objective

To describe implementation of MEDS in routine clinical practice and associated outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods interrupted time series study of MEDS was conducted April 2021 to December 2022 in an academic pediatric ED using a hybrid type 1 design. Parents and guardians of children aged 90 days to 11.9 years who were discharged with acet

SUBMITTER: Samuels-Kalow ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787317 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature