Medication audit and feedback by a clinical pharmacist decrease medication errors at the PICU: An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Medication errors (MEs) are one of the most frequently occurring types of adverse events in hospitalized patients and potentially more harmful in children than in adults. To increase medication safety, we studied the effect of structured medication audit and feedback by a clinical pharmacist as part of the multidisciplinary team, on MEs in critically ill children.

Method

We performed an interrupted time series analysis with 6 preintervention and 6 postintervention data collection points, in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit. We included intensive care patients admitted during July to December 2013 (preintervention) and July to December 2014 (postintervention). The primary endpoint was the prevalence of MEs per 100 prescriptions. We reviewed the clinical reco

SUBMITTER: Maaskant JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200092 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature