Evaluation of the medication process in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Jornal de Pediatria

Despina Koumpagioti¹  Christos Varounis¹  Eleni Kletsiou¹  Charalampia Nteli¹  Vasiliki Matziou¹ 

关键词: Medication errors;    Children;    Drug errors;    Pediatric patients;    Medication process;    Meta-analysis;    Erros de medicação;    Crianças;    Erros de medicamentos;    Pacientes pediátricos;    Processo de medicação;    Meta-análise;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jped.2014.01.008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to meta-analyze studies that have assessed the medication errors rate in pediatric patients during prescribing, dispensing, and drug administration. SOURCES: searches were performed in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Trip databases, selecting articles published in English from 2001 to 2010. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: a total of 25 original studies that met inclusion criteria were selected, which referred to pediatric inpatients or pediatric patients in emergency departments aged 0-16 years, and assessed the frequency of medication errors in the stages of prescribing, dispensing, and drug administration. CONCLUSIONS: the combined medication error rate for prescribing errors to medication orders was 0.175 (95% Confidence Interval: [CI] 0.108-0.270), the rate of prescribing errors to total medication errors was 0.342 (95% CI: 0.146-0.611), that of dispensing errors to total medication errors was 0.065 (95% CI: 0.026-0.154), and that ofadministration errors to total medication errors was 0.316 (95% CI: 0.148-0.550). Furthermore, the combined medication error rate for administration errors to drug administrations was 0.209 (95% CI: 0.152-0.281). Medication errors constitute a reality in healthcare services. The medication process is significantly prone to errors, especially during prescription and drug administration. Implementation of medication error reduction strategies is required in order to increase the safety and quality of pediatric healthcare.

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