Errors Associated with IV Infusions in Critical Care

Errors Associated with IV Infusions in Critical Care.

BACKGROUND All medication errors are serious, but those associated with the IV route of administration often result in the most severe outcomes. According to the literature, IV medications are associated with 54% of potential adverse events, and 56% of medication errors. OBJECTIVES To determine the type and frequency of errors associated with prescribing, documenting, and administering IV inf...

Safety of Parenteral Infusions in the Critical Care Setting*

Maintaining proper dosage and overall integrity of pharmaceuticals administered to critically ill patients is essential to ensuring effective treatment and care. The fragility of the intensive care patient heightens the need for physicochemical stability and compatibility of intravenous formulations. This article defines the major stability, compatibility, and sterility characteristics of the m...

Clinical review: Medication errors in critical care

Medication errors in critical care are frequent, serious, and predictable. Critically ill patients are prescribed twice as many medications as patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU) and nearly all will suffer a potentially life-threatening error at some point during their stay. The aim of this article is to provide a basic review of medication errors in the ICU, identify risk factors...

Intra-abdominal pressure and associated factors in patients admitted to critical care ‎units

Introduction: Despite the impact of increased abdominal hypertension on organ dysfunction and ‎increased mortality, data on the frequency and its related risk factors in critical care unit does not ‎seem enough. While studies have shown that patients’ intra-abdominal pressure measured at ‎admission to intensive care unit can serve as an independent prognostic factor for mortal...

Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure.