Epidemiology of and risk factors for harmful anti-infective medication errors in a pediatric hospital.
Modi A, Germain E, Soma V, et al. Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Harmful Anti-Infective Medication Errors in a Pediatric Hospital. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44(10):599-604. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.03.001.
Pediatric patients are at particularly high risk for medication errors. This retrospective review of voluntary error reports of pediatric antibiotic errors found that less than 15% reached the patient and 1.5% caused harm. The risk varied by medication class, and authors suggest developing quality improvement initiatives focused on the highest risk medications.