Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies

Medication Errors Clinical Trial

Official title:

Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00153205
• Other study ID #: 2005-P-000322/1; BWH
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 8, 2005
• Last updated: February 14, 2017
• Start date: February 2000
• Est. completion date: May 2007

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: May 2007
• Est. primary completion date: May 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients in the BWH NICU in the study pods during the study period

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients in other units, non-study pods, or outside of the study period

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Medication Errors

Intervention

Behavioral:
• computerized physician order entry

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston Children’s Hospital, National Patient Safety Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	serious medication errors