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

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Intensive care units.
Medication errors.
Pediatrics.
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