Abstract
We examined propagation of medication errors at various stages of the medication management process (ordering, transcription, preparation, dispensing, administration and monitoring) in two ICUs of a medical center. We performed a secondary analysis of 1,732 medication events identified in a group of 630 ICU patients. A Markov Chain model showed that errors propagate throughout the medication management process, in particular between the stages of preparation, dispensing and administration.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2015 |
| Publisher | Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc. |
| Pages | 518-521 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2015-January |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780945289470 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 59th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: Oct 26 2015 → Oct 30 2015 |
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| Other | 59th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Period | 10/26/15 → 10/30/15 |
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Medication error propagation in intensive care units. / Carayon, Pascale; Ju, Feng; Cartmill, Randi; Hoonakker, Peter; Wetterneck, Tosha B.; Li, Jingshan.
2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2015. Vol. 2015-January Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc., 2015. p. 518-521.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - Medication error propagation in intensive care units
AU - Carayon, Pascale
AU - Ju, Feng
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AU - Wetterneck, Tosha B.
AU - Li, Jingshan
PY - 2015
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AB - We examined propagation of medication errors at various stages of the medication management process (ordering, transcription, preparation, dispensing, administration and monitoring) in two ICUs of a medical center. We performed a secondary analysis of 1,732 medication events identified in a group of 630 ICU patients. A Markov Chain model showed that errors propagate throughout the medication management process, in particular between the stages of preparation, dispensing and administration.
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