Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention

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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how effective ward-based clinical pharmacists and computerized physician order entry systems are in reducing serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients.

Clinical Trial Description

This is a prospective cohort study at Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), before and after the introduction of two distinct interventions. The first intervention at Children's Hospital was the introduction of clinical pharmacists on inpatient pediatric wards to target errors at the stages of physician ordering and nurse transcription. The second intervention is technological: the introduction of physician computer order entry at the BWH neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This intervention will most effectively target errors at the stage of physician ordering, and secondarily address errors at the stage of pharmacy dispensing and nurse transcription. Data on serious medication errors will be collected pre and post each intervention. ;

Study Design

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Medication Errors

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00153205
Study type	Interventional
Source	Brigham and Women's Hospital
Contact
Status	Withdrawn
Phase	N/A
Start date	February 2000
Completion date	May 2007

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Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical Trial Description

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