Medication errors during simulated paediatric resuscitations: a prospective, observational human reliability analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medication errors during paediatric resuscitation are thought to be common. However, there is little evidence about the individual process steps that contribute to such medication errors in this context.

Objectives

To describe the incidence, nature and severity of medication errors in simulated paediatric resuscitations, and to employ human reliability analysis to understand the contribution of discrepancies in individual process steps to the occurrence of these errors.

Methods

We conducted a prospective observational study of simulated resuscitations subjected to video microanalysis, identification of medication errors, severity assessment and human reliability analysis in a large English teaching hospital. Fifteen resuscitation teams of two doctors and

SUBMITTER: Appelbaum N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886970 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature