Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult intensive care units: a systematic review.

Zamzam Mohanna; Snezana Kusljic; Rebecca Jarden

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Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult intensive care units: a systematic review.

October 12, 2022

Mohanna Z, Kusljic S, Jarden R. Aust Crit Care. 2022;35(4):466-479.

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Many types of interventions, such as education, technology, and simulations, have been used to reduce medication errors in the intensive care setting. This review identified 11 studies representing six intervention types; three of the six types showed improvement (prefilled syringe, nurses’ education program, and the protocolized program logic form) while the other three demonstrated mixed results.

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