Global PRoMiSe (Perioperative Recommendations for Medication Safety): protocol for a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medication errors (MEs), which occur commonly in the perioperative period, have the potential to cause patient harm or death. Many published recommendations exist for preventing perioperative MEs; however, many of these recommendations conflict and are often not applicable to middle-income and low-income countries. The goal of this study is to develop and disseminate consensus-based recommendations for perioperative medication safety that are tailored to country income level.

Methods and analysis

The primary site of this mixed-methods study is Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Participants include a minimum of 108 international medication safety experts, 27 from each of the World Bank's four country income groups (high, upper-middle, lower-m

SUBMITTER: Nanji KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature