Safeguarding the Process of Drug Administration with an Emphasis on Electronic Support Tools

Overview

Journal Br J Clin Pharmacol

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2013 Sep 7

PMID 24007450

Citations 4

Authors

Hanna M Seidling

Anette Lampert

Kristina Lohmann

Julia T Schiele

Alexander J F Send

Diana Witticke

Walter E Haefeli

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Abstract

Aims: The aim of this work is to understand the process of drug administration and identify points in the workflow that resulted in interventions by clinical information systems in order to improve patient safety.

Methods: To identify a generic way to structure the drug administration process we performed peer-group discussions and supplemented these discussions with a literature search for studies reporting errors in drug administration and strategies for their prevention.

Results: We concluded that the drug administration process might consist of up to 11 sub-steps, which can be grouped into the four sub-processes of preparation, personalization, application and follow-up. Errors in drug handling and administration are diverse and frequent and in many cases not caused by the patient him/herself, but by family members or nurses. Accordingly, different prevention strategies have been set in place with relatively few approaches involving e-health technology.

Conclusions: A generic structuring of the administration process and particular error-prone sub-steps may facilitate the allocation of prevention strategies and help to identify research gaps.

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