Understanding and mitigating medication errors associated with patient harm in adult intensive care units: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Medication interventions are fundamental to the care of the critically ill patient in the intensive care unit (ICU), relying on effective and appropriate delivery of the medication use process. Medication errors affect a high proportion of patients in the ICU. This scoping review maps the literature pertaining to medication errors and preventable adverse drug events in the adult ICU.

Methods

We searched seven electronic databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane, Google Scholar), identifying 2960 records. After screening against predefined eligibility criteria, 48 records were included for data extraction.

Results

A high variation in incidence of medication errors and preventable adverse drug events were reported, reflecting the heter

SUBMITTER: Puxty K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12208989 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature