A modified Delphi to define drug dosing errors in pediatric critical care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no globally accepted definition for dosing error in adult or pediatric practice. The definition of pediatric dosing error varies greatly in the literature. The objective of this study was to develop a framework, informed by a set of principles, for a clinician-based definition of drug dosing errors in critically ill children, and to identify the range that practitioners agree is a dosing error for different drug classes and clinical scenarios.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide three staged modified Delphi from May to December 2019. Expert clinicians included Canadian pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) physicians, pharmacists and nurses, with a least 5 years' experience. Outcomes were underlying principles of drug dosing, and error thresholds, as defined

SUBMITTER: Roumeliotis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature