Effectiveness of a Do not interrupt' bundled intervention to reduce interruptions during medication administration: A cluster randomised controlled feasibility study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 734-742

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Hooper, Tamara D ^a   Raban, Magda Z ^a   Middleton, Sandy ^b   Lehnbom, Elin C ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Pharmacy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cluster trials; Interruptions; Medication safety; Nurses; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85029952441     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006123     Document Type: Article

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