Assessing the impact of the anesthesia medication template on medication errors during anesthesia: a prospective study.

Eliot B. Grigg; Lizabeth D. Martin; Faith J. Ross; Axel Roesler; Sally E. Rampersad; Charles Haberkern; Daniel K W Low; Kristen Carlin; Lynn Martin

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Assessing the impact of the anesthesia medication template on medication errors during anesthesia: a prospective study.

April 26, 2017

Grigg EB, Martin LD, Ross FJ, et al. Anesth Analg. 2017;124(5):1617-1625.

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Medication errors represent a significant source of harm to patients. In this prospective study, researchers created a template to standardize the organization of medications within the anesthesia workspace. Although implementation of the template led to a decrease in anesthesia medication errors, there was no change in errors resulting in patient harm.

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