An intravenous medication safety system: preventing high-risk medication errors at the point of care. The Journal of nursing administration. [J Nurs Adm] Journal article

Title	An intravenous medication safety system: preventing high-risk medication errors at the point of care.
Author(s)	Hatcher I, Sullivan M, Hutchinson J, Thurman S, Gaffney FA
Institution	Case Management, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue S., Nashville, TN 37232-2415, USA.
Source	J Nurs Adm 2004 Oct; 34(10):437-9.
MeSH	Academic Medical Centers Attitude of Health Personnel Benchmarking Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems Decision Support Systems, Clinical Drug Monitoring Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted Humans Infusions, Intravenous Injections, Intravenous Libraries, Digital Medication Errors Nursing Evaluation Research Nursing Staff, Hospital Point-of-Care Systems Practice Guidelines Risk Factors Safety Management Software Validation Tennessee Total Quality Management
Abstract	Improving medication safety at the point of care--particularly for high-risk drugs--is a major concern of nursing administrators. The medication errors most likely to cause harm are administration errors related to infusion of high-risk medications. An intravenous medication safety system is designed to prevent high-risk infusion medication errors and to capture continuous quality improvement data for best practice improvement. Initial testing with 50 systems in 2 units at Vanderbilt University Medical Center revealed that, even in the presence of a fully mature computerized prescriber order-entry system, the new safety system averted 99 potential infusion errors in 8 months.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Evaluation Studies Journal Article
PubMed ID	15577664

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