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The rate and costs attributable to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia errors.
Meissner B, Nelson W, Hicks R, Sikirica V, Gagne J, Schein J. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:312–324.
 

Medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) are common and costly, according to this analysis of MEDMARX data. An AHRQ WebM&M commentary discusses a serious adverse drug event in a postoperative patient receiving PCA.
 
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Resource Type:  Journal Article > Study

Setting of Care:  Hospitals

Target Audience:  Health Care Executives and Administrators

Clinical Area:  Medicine > Internal Medicine

Safety Target:  Device-related Complications > Infusion Pumps

   Medication Safety > Specific to High-Risk Drugs > Opiates/Narcotics

Error Types:  Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

   Active Errors

   Latent Errors

Approach to Improving Safety:  Error Reporting and Analysis > Error Analysis

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America
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