Drug Administration Errors in Hospital Inpatients: A Systematic Review

Drug Administration Errors in Hospital Inpatients: A Systematic Review

CONTEXT Drug administration in the hospital setting is the last barrier before a possible error reaches the patient. OBJECTIVES We aimed to analyze the prevalence and nature of administration error rate detected by the observation method. DATA SOURCES Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library from 1966 to December 2011 and reference lists of included studies. STUDY SELECTION Observational studies...

Systematic literature review of hospital medication administration errors in children

Objective Medication administration is the last step in the medication process. It can act as a safety net to prevent unintended harm to patients if detected. However, medication administration errors (MAEs) during this process have been documented and thought to be preventable. In pediatric medicine, doses are usually administered based on the child's weight or body surface area. This in turn ...

Review Paper: Does Computerized Provider Order Entry Reduce Prescribing Errors for Hospital Inpatients? A Systematic Review

Previous reviews have examined evidence of the impact of CPOE on medication errors, but have used highly variable definitions of "error". We attempted to answer a very focused question, namely, what evidence exists that CPOE systems reduce prescribing errors among hospital inpatients? We identified 13 papers (reporting 12 studies) published between 1998 and 2007. Nine demonstrated a significant...

Does Computerized Provider Order Entry Reduce Prescribing Errors for Hospital Inpatients? A Systematic Review

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:613–623. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M3050.

Title: Evaluation of Drug Administration Errors in a Teaching Hospital