Impact of interventions designed to reduce medication administration errors in hospitals: a systematic review.

Richard N. Keers; Steven D. Williams; Jonathan Cooke; Tanya Walsh; Darren M. Ashcroft

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Impact of interventions designed to reduce medication administration errors in hospitals: a systematic review.

June 25, 2014

Keers RN, Williams SD, Cooke J, et al. Drug Saf. 2014;37(5):317-32.

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Medication administration errors are disturbingly common in the hospital setting. This systematic review identified several promising approaches for preventing these errors, including barcode medication administration systems and other technological interventions. However, the review also highlights the overall lack of high-quality, theory-driven research in this area.

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