Outpatient insulin-related adverse events due to mix-up errors: Findings from two national surveillance systems, United States, 2012-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We used data from two public health surveillance systems for national estimates and detailed descriptions of insulin mix-up errors resulting in emergency department (ED) visits and other serious adverse events to help inform prevention efforts.

Methods

ED visits involving patients seeking care for insulin medication errors collected by the NEISS-CADES project in 2012-2017 and voluntary reports of serious insulin medication errors submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016-2017 were analyzed. National estimates of insulin product prescriptions dispensed from retail pharmacies were obtained from IQVIA National Prescription Audit.

Results

Between 2012 and 2017, based on 514 NEISS-CADES cases, there were an estimated 5636 (95% CI, 4143-7128) ED

SUBMITTER: Geller AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540655 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature