Preventing home medication administration errors.

H. Shonna Yin; Daniel R Neuspiel; Ian M. Paul; Wayne Franklin; Joel S Tieder; Terry Adirim; Francisco Alvarez; Jeffrey M Brown; David Gordon Bundy; Laura Elizabeth Ferguson; Sean Patrick Gleeson; Michael G. Leu; Brigitta U. Mueller; Shannon Connor Phillips; Ricardo A. Quinonez; Corinna Rea; Michael L. Rinke; Ulfat Shaikh; Richard N. Shiffman; Elizabeth Vickers Saarel; Sandra P Spencer Cockerham; Kathleen Mack Walsh; Bridgette Jones; Adam C. Adler; Jennifer H Foster; Thomas P Green; Constance S Houck; Matthew M Laughon; Kathleen Neville; John R Reigart; Rohit Shenoi; Janice E. Sullivan; John N. van den Anker; Philip A Verhoef

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Preventing home medication administration errors.

March 14, 2022

Yin HS, Neuspiel DR, Paul IM, et al. Pediatrics. 2021;148(6):e2021054666.

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Children with complex home care needs are vulnerable to medication errors. This guideline suggests strategies to enhance medication safety at home that include focusing on health literacy, prescriber actions, dosing tool appropriateness, communication, and training of caregivers.

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