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Article: Minimising medication errors in children
Title | Minimising medication errors in children |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2009 |
Publisher | B M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.archdischild.com/ |
Citation | Archives Of Disease In Childhood, 2009, v. 94 n. 2, p. 161-164 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Medical errors are a major problem in the UK and other countries. Apart from the direct expense to the healthcare system, there are great personal costs to those involved including patients, their families and staff, and public confidence is undermined. Therefore, policy initiatives have been implemented to reduce such mistakes. Medication errors are thought to be the most common type of medical errors, with the majority of studies being conducted in adults. However, recent evidence highlights the fact that medication errors are also a significant problem in the paediatric population. This paper reviews the factors contributing to paediatric medication errors, including lack of appropriate paediatric formulations, communication issues between health professionals, dose calculation mistakes and inadequate clinical practice. This review will also discuss risk reduction strategies such as electronic prescribing and computerised physician order entry (CPOE) systems which can significantly reduce paediatric medication errors in conjunction with pharmacist monitoring, improved communication and environments which promote best practice. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/171374 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.935 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, ICK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, LYL | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cranswick, NE | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:13:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:13:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Archives Of Disease In Childhood, 2009, v. 94 n. 2, p. 161-164 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-9888 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/171374 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Medical errors are a major problem in the UK and other countries. Apart from the direct expense to the healthcare system, there are great personal costs to those involved including patients, their families and staff, and public confidence is undermined. Therefore, policy initiatives have been implemented to reduce such mistakes. Medication errors are thought to be the most common type of medical errors, with the majority of studies being conducted in adults. However, recent evidence highlights the fact that medication errors are also a significant problem in the paediatric population. This paper reviews the factors contributing to paediatric medication errors, including lack of appropriate paediatric formulations, communication issues between health professionals, dose calculation mistakes and inadequate clinical practice. This review will also discuss risk reduction strategies such as electronic prescribing and computerised physician order entry (CPOE) systems which can significantly reduce paediatric medication errors in conjunction with pharmacist monitoring, improved communication and environments which promote best practice. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | B M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.archdischild.com/ | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Archives of Disease in Childhood | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Communication | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Drug Dosage Calculations | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Drug Prescriptions - Standards | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Electronic Prescribing | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Medication Errors - Prevention & Control | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Medication Systems, Hospital - Standards | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Safety Management - Methods | en_US |
dc.title | Minimising medication errors in children | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, ICK:wongick@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, ICK=rp01480 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/adc.2007.116442 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18829622 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-59649098347 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-59649098347&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 94 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 161 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 164 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000263079100016 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, ICK=7102513915 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, LYL=26027321100 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cranswick, NE=6601977827 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0003-9888 | - |