Prescription Errors with Chemotherapy: Quality Improvement through Standardized Order Templates
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
[Prescription errors in chemotherapy].
OBJECTIVE To describe and analyse the role of the pharmacy department in detecting errors in the prescription of cytostatic drugs. METHOD A retrospective study was carried out over a two year period (2003-2004), which reviewed the errors detected by pharmacists in chemotherapy prescriptions. Medication errors were classified according to the system published by Otero et al. in the paper OErro...
متن کاملReduction in chemotherapy order errors with computerized physician order entry.
PURPOSE To measure the number and type of errors associated with chemotherapy order composition associated with three sequential methods of ordering: handwritten orders, preprinted orders, and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) embedded in the electronic health record. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 2008 to 2012, a sample of completed chemotherapy orders were reviewed by a pharmacist for t...
متن کاملStudy of the effect of standardized chemotherapy order forms on prescribing errors and anti-emetic cost.
OBJECTIVES Many anti-neoplastic medication errors and excessive use of serotonin antagonist anti-emetic agents might be prevented by the use of a standardized chemotherapy order form (SCOF). Several studies showing a reduction in prescribing errors or control of inappropriate anti-emetic use through the use of SCOFs have been reported. No previously published study reported SCOFs were used to r...
متن کاملQuality Improvement Checklists to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
Diagnostic errors are common and can often be traced to physicians’ cognitive biases and failed heuristics (mental shortcuts). A great deal is known about how these faulty thinking processes lead to error, but little is known about how to prevent them. Faulty thinking plagues other high-risk, high-reliability professions, such as airline pilots and nuclear plant operators, but these professions...
متن کاملReduction in chemotherapy order errors with computerised physician order entry and clinical decision support systems.
BACKGROUND Medication errors in chemotherapy are frequent and lead to patient morbidity and mortality, as well as increased rates of re-admission and length of stay, and considerable extra costs. Objective: This study investigated the proposition that computerised chemotherapy ordering reduces the incidence and severity of chemotherapy protocol errors. METHOD A computerised physician order en...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2016.17.4.2329