@article{5616, author = {Regi Freeman and Scott McKee and Bethany Lee-Lehner and Jennifer Pesenecker}, title = {Reducing interruptions to improve medication safety.}, abstract = {

In the fast-paced environment of a cardiac and thoracic surgery telemetry unit, nurses are interrupted hundreds of times per day. These interruptions can have a detrimental effect on patient safety during medication administration. This article describes a bundle of safety interventions that reduced the average number of interruptions during medication administration by 2.11 interruptions per encounter and decreased reported medication errors by a total of 28 incidents over a 3-month period.

}, year = {2013}, journal = {J Nurs Care Qual}, volume = {28}, pages = {176-85}, month = {12/2013}, issn = {1550-5065}, doi = {10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318275ac3e}, language = {eng}, }