Increasing medication error reporting rates while reducing harm through simultaneous cultural and system-level interventions in an intensive care unit.
Abstoss KM, Shaw BE, Owens TA, et al. Increasing medication error reporting rates while reducing harm through simultaneous cultural and system-level interventions in an intensive care unit. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(11):914-22. doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047233.
This study implemented a series of unit-based safety interventions and discovered notable relationships between improved safety culture and greater medication safety. The authors advocate for interventions that promote a positive safety culture at the unit level.