Description of the role of pharmacist independent double checks during cognitive order verification of outpatient parenteral anti-cancer therapy.
Booth JP, Kennerly-Shah JM, et al. Description of the role of pharmacist independent double checks during cognitive order verification of outpatient parenteral anti-cancer therapy. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021:1078155221994319. Epub 2021 Feb 23. doi: 10.1177/1078155221994319.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommend independent double checks for certain medications In this retrospective study, pharmacists performed independent double checks on 1,645 anti-cancer parenteral orders. Pharmacists identified 30 errors during the first verification, and 10 errors on the second, resulting in a 33.3% increase in corrected errors.