@article{565,
  keywords = {cross-check, emergency medical services, medication errors, verification},
  author = {Paul Misasi and Joseph R. Keebler},
  title = {Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors.},
  abstract = {<p>Lack of verification is often cited as a root cause of medication errors; however, medication errors occur in spite of conventional verification practices and it appears that human factors engineering (HFE) can inform the design of a more effective method. To this end, an HFE-driven process was designed and implemented in an urban, Midwestern emergency medical service agency. Medication error data were collected over a 54-month period, 27 months before and after implementation. A decrease in the average monthly error rate was realized for all medications administered (49.0%) during the post-intervention time period. The average monthly error rate for fentanyl, a commonly administered analgesic, demonstrated a 71.1% error rate decrease. This study is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of a team-based cross-check process for medication verification to prevent errors in the prehospital setting.</p>},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Ther Adv Drug Saf},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {2042098618821916},
  month = {12/2019},
  issn = {2042-0986},
  doi = {10.1177/2042098618821916},
  language = {eng},
}