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Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

This study found that a program designed to minimize interruptions during medication administration successfully reduced self-reported medication administration error rates.

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Resource Type

Study

Setting of Care

Hospitals

Target Audience

Health Care Providers

Nurse Managers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Educators

Clinical Area

General Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine

Nursing

Safety Target

Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems

Administration Errors

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Active Errors

Approach to Improving Safety

Human Factors Engineering

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America