Reduction of medication errors in a pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit /
Keiffer, Sheryl.
Reduction of medication errors in a pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit / Sheryl Keiffer, Gina Marcum, Sheilah Harrison, Douglas W. Teske, Janet M. Simsic - July-September 2015. - Journal of Nursing Care Quality 30 : 3, page 212-219 .
Medication errors resulting in patient harm were reduced from 33 in 2010 to 3 in 2011, 6 in 2012, and 4 in 2013 by initiating the following quality improvement interventions: multidisciplinary cardiothoracic intensive care unit quality committee, nursing education, shift change medication double check, medication error huddles, safety systems checklist, distraction-free zone to enter orders, and medication bar coding.
Nursing
1057-3631
Intensive care units.
Medication errors.
Pediatrics.
Reduction of medication errors in a pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit / Sheryl Keiffer, Gina Marcum, Sheilah Harrison, Douglas W. Teske, Janet M. Simsic - July-September 2015. - Journal of Nursing Care Quality 30 : 3, page 212-219 .
Medication errors resulting in patient harm were reduced from 33 in 2010 to 3 in 2011, 6 in 2012, and 4 in 2013 by initiating the following quality improvement interventions: multidisciplinary cardiothoracic intensive care unit quality committee, nursing education, shift change medication double check, medication error huddles, safety systems checklist, distraction-free zone to enter orders, and medication bar coding.
Nursing
1057-3631
Intensive care units.
Medication errors.
Pediatrics.