Intravenous fluid prescribing errors in children: Mixed methods analysis of critical incidents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines aim to improve intravenous (IV) fluid prescribing for children, but existing evidence about how and why fluid prescribing errors occur is limited. Studying this can lead to more effective implementation, through education and systems design.

Aims

Identify types of IV fluid prescribing errors reported in practiceAnalyse factors that contribute to errorsProvide guidance to educators and those responsible for designing systems.

Methods

Mixed methods observational study which analysed critical incident reports relating to IV fluid prescribing errors in children aged 0-16, occurring between 2011 and 2015 in UK secondary care. We quantified characteristics and types of errors, then quali

SUBMITTER: Conn RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638410 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature