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Electronic intravenous Nâacetyl cysteine ordering tool: A retrospective review
- Source :
- Emergency Medicine Australasia. 32:267-270
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- Objectives To examine if the electronic N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) order reduced prescribing errors. Methods This was a retrospective chart review of all patients presenting over 2 years to Cairns Hospital ED with a discharge diagnosis of 'paracetamol overdose'. Data were collected for any patient who received i.v. NAC. Any error, and a description of the error such as dose, volume of fluid, time of infusion and incorrect patient weight was recorded. Results There were 172 presentations with paracetamol poisoning with 86 receiving i.v. NAC. In the 75 (87%) where the electronic NAC order was used, there were no errors in dose of NAC, volume of i.v. fluid and length of time of infusion. In the 11 presentations where the manual NAC order was used, there were multiple errors identified. Conclusion The use of this electronic NAC order removed errors in NAC prescription and should be considered for prescribing and administering i.v. NAC.
- Subjects :
- Discharge diagnosis
Retrospective review
Acetyl cysteine
business.industry
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Paracetamol overdose
Acetylcysteine
Acetaminophen
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Anesthesia
Chart review
Emergency Medicine
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Drug Overdose
Electronics
Medical prescription
business
Retrospective Studies
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17426723 and 17426731
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....333b14336900db4c4b18c8f1e389c7a7