1260: INTERNAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TO REDUCE MEDICATION ORDER ENTRY ERROR AFTER PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kiskaddon, Amy
- Source
- Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Supplement, Vol. 50, p630-630. 1p.
- Subject
- *CARDIAC surgery
*PUBLIC works
*CARDIAC intensive care
*DRUGS
*PEDIATRIC surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 0090-3493
B Conclusion: b Using an internal collaborative model and QI methodologies focused on medication order entry in pediatric cardiac surgery patients reduced order entry errors by 21.4%, decreased pharmacist time spent on medication order entry error by 34.7%, and reduced cost associated with order entry error by 69.5%. B Introduction: b Medication errors are significant causes of preventable harm in hospitalized children, in whom medication errors are 3 times more common than adults. [Extracted from the article]