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Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with cancer.
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- Medication errors by caregivers in the homes of children discharged from a pediatric department in Ghana.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2024Article
- Developing methods to identify resilience and improve communication about diagnosis in pediatric primary care.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- An mHealth Design to Promote Medication Safety in Children with Medical Complexity.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
- Perceptions of chemotherapy calendar creation among US pediatric oncologists.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2023Article
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- Home Cancer Care Research: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis (1990-2021).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Medication-related knowledge, administration practice and adherence among caregivers of chronically ill children in Malaysia.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
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- Medication Errors in Adolescents Using Asthma Controller Medications.Global pediatric health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveAs home medication use increases, medications previously managed by nurses are now managed by patients and their families. Our objective was to describe the types of errors occurring in the home medication management of children with cancer.
methodsIn a prospective observational study at 3 pediatric oncology clinics in the northeastern and southeastern United States, patients undergoing chemotherapy and their parents were recruited from November 2007 through April 2011. We reviewed medical records and checked prescription doses. A trained nurse visited the home, reviewed medication bottles, and observed administration. Two physicians independently made judgments regarding whether an error occurred and its severity. Overall rates of errors were weighted to account for clustering within sites.
resultsWe reviewed 963 medications and observed 242 medication administrations in the homes of 92 patients. We found 72 medication errors. Four errors led to significant patient injury. An additional 40 errors had potential for injury: 2 were life-threatening, 13 were serious, and 25 were significant. Error rates varied between study sites (40-121 errors per 100 patients); the weighted overall rate was 70.2 errors per 100 patients (95% confidence interval [CI]: 58.9-81.6). The weighted rate of errors with injury was 3.6 (95% CI: 1.7-5.5) per 100 patients and with potential to injure the patient was 36.3 (95% CI: 29.3-43.3) per 100 patients. Nonchemotherapy medications were more often involved in an error than chemotherapy.
conclusionsMedication errors were common in this multisite study of outpatient pediatric cancer care. Rates of preventable medication-related injuries in this outpatient population were comparable or higher than those found in studies of hospitalized patients.
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