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Medication errors room: a simulation to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication-use system.
- Source :
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice; Dec2016, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p907-920, 10p, 1 Color Photograph, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Rationale, aims and objectives: The medication‐use system in hospitals is very complex. To improve the health professionals' awareness of the risks of errors related to the medication‐use system, a simulation of medication errors was created. The main objective was to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication‐use system using a simulation. The secondary objective was to assess their level of satisfaction. Method: This descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted in a 500‐bed mother‐and‐child university hospital. A multidisciplinary group set up 30 situations and replicated a patient room and a care unit pharmacy. All hospital staff, including nurses, physicians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, was invited. Participants had to detect if a situation contained an error and fill out a response grid. They also answered a satisfaction survey. Results: The simulation was held during 100 hours. A total of 230 professionals visited the simulation, 207 handed in a response grid and 136 answered the satisfaction survey. The participants' overall rate of correct answers was 67.5% ± 13.3% (4073/6036). Among the least detected errors were situations involving a Y‐site infusion incompatibility, an oral syringe preparation and the patient's identification. Participants mainly considered the simulation as effective in identifying incorrect practices (132/136, 97.8%) and relevant to their practice (129/136, 95.6%). Most of them (114/136; 84.4%) intended to change their practices in view of their exposure to the simulation. Conclusions: We implemented a realistic medication‐use system errors simulation in a mother–child hospital, with a wide audience. This simulation was an effective, relevant and innovative tool to raise the health care professionals' awareness of critical processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13561294
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119459563
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12558