The impact of a novel medication scanner on administration errors in the hospital setting: a before and after feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The medication administration process is complex and consequently prone to errors. Closed Loop Medication Administration solutions aim to improve patient safety. We assessed the impact of a novel medication scanning device (MedEye) on the rate of medication administration errors in a large UK Hospital.

Methods

We performed a feasibility before and after study on one ward at a tertiary-care teaching hospital that used a commercial electronic prescribing and medication administration system. We conducted direct observations of nursing drug administration rounds before and after the MedEye implementation. We calculated the rate and type ('timing', 'omission' or 'other' error) of medication administration errors (MAEs) before and after the MedEye implementation.

Res

SUBMITTER: Tolley CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8962937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature