TY - GEN
T1 - Medication error propagation in intensive care units
AU - Carayon, Pascale
AU - Ju, Feng
AU - Cartmill, Randi
AU - Hoonakker, Peter
AU - Wetterneck, Tosha B.
AU - Li, Jingshan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We examined propagation of medication errors at various stages of the medication management process (ordering, transcription, preparation, dispensing, administration and monitoring) in two ICUs of a medical center. We performed a secondary analysis of 1,732 medication events identified in a group of 630 ICU patients. A Markov Chain model showed that errors propagate throughout the medication management process, in particular between the stages of preparation, dispensing and administration.
AB - We examined propagation of medication errors at various stages of the medication management process (ordering, transcription, preparation, dispensing, administration and monitoring) in two ICUs of a medical center. We performed a secondary analysis of 1,732 medication events identified in a group of 630 ICU patients. A Markov Chain model showed that errors propagate throughout the medication management process, in particular between the stages of preparation, dispensing and administration.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931215591111
DO - 10.1177/1541931215591111
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84981747724
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 518
EP - 521
BT - 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2015
PB - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 59th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2015
Y2 - 26 October 2015 through 30 October 2015
ER -