Effectiveness of a ‘do not interrupt’ vest intervention to reduce medication errors during medication administration: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial.

Sarah Berdot; Aurélie Vilfaillot; Yvonnick Bézie; Germain Perrin; Marion Berge; Jennifer Corny; Thuy Tan Phan Thi; Mathieu Depoisson; Claudine Guihaire; Nathalie Valin; Claudine Decelle; Alexandre Karras; Pierre Durieux; Laetitia Minh Maï Lê; Brigitte Sabatier

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Effectiveness of a ‘do not interrupt’ vest intervention to reduce medication errors during medication administration: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial.

October 13, 2021

Berdot S, Vilfaillot A, Bézie Y, et al. BMC Nurs. 2021;20(1):153.

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Interruptions have been identified as a common source of medication errors. In this study of the effectiveness of a “do not interrupt” vest worn by nurses from medication preparation to administration, neither medication administration error or interruption rates improved.

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