Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Martinez-Anton A, Sanchez I, Casanueva L. Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a pediatric intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38(9):1532-8. doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2609-x.
An educational program for physicians resulted in a significant reduction in prescribing errors in a Spanish pediatric intensive care unit. The greatest reduction was in illegibility errors, although the intervention did not specifically provide handwriting instruction for physicians.