Mitigating errors caused by interruptions during medication verification and administration: Interventions in a simulated ambulatory chemotherapy setting

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 884-892

  Prakash, Varuna ^a,b   Koczmara, Christine ^c   Savage, Pamela ^d   Trip, Katherine ^e   Stewart, Janice ^f   McCurdie, Tara ^b   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^a,b   Trbovich, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Institut pour l'utilisation securitaire des medicaments du Canada   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLAMP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SYRINGE; ATTENTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SIMULATION TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTENTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908020933     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002484     Document Type: Article

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