Incidence and prevalence of intravenous medication errors in the UK: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Medication error is the most common type of medical error, and intravenous medicines are at a higher risk as they are complex to prepare and administer. The WHO advocates a 50% reduction of harmful medication errors by 2022, but there is a lack of data in the UK that accurately estimates the true rate of intravenous medication errors. This study aimed to estimate the number of intravenous medication errors per 1000 administrations in the UK National Health Service and their associated economic costs. The rate of errors in prescribing, preparation and administration, and rate of different types of errors were also extracted.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane central register of clinical trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, National Health Serv

SUBMITTER: Sutherland A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6992970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature