Standardized orders for titrating vasopressors: do efforts to improve safety slow delivery of care?
Baker DW, Campbell R. Standardized Orders for Titrating Vasopressors: Do Efforts to Improve Safety Slow Delivery of Care? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2019;45(9):589-590. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2019.07.002.
Testing process improvements prior to implementation can help identify and address potential unintended consequences on practice. This commentary explores how a quality improvement initiative seeking to reduce the opportunity for mistakes may have resulted in treatment delays.