ReviewTherapeutic advances in drug safety2018
Interventions to reduce medication errors in neonatal care: a systematic review.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support to Prevent Dose Errors in Pediatric Medication Orders: A Systematic Review.Paediatric drugs · 2024Pooled it
- Identifying the data elements and functionalities of clinical decision support systems to administer medication for neonates and pediatrics: a systematic literature review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence, Causes and Severity of Medication Administration Errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Drug safety · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Pediatric Prescribing Errors in Professional Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review of the Last Decade.Paediatric drugs · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Medication Dispensing, Administration, and Monitoring Errors in Pediatric Professional Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence and Nature of Medication Errors and Preventable Adverse Drug Events in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Settings: A Systematic Review.Drug safety · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of Medication Errors Among Paediatric Inpatients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Drug safety · 2019Pooled it
- Analysis of Pharmacist Interventions to Reduce Medication-Related Problems in a Neonatal Clinical Care Unit.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- The Effect of Standard Concentration Infusions on Medication Errors in Neonatal and Pediatric Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- A Mobile Application to Reduce Time to Calculate Medication Dosage and Medication Administration Errors in Simulated Pediatric and Neonatal Settings: A Research Protocol for a Cross-Over, Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- A Quantitative Examination and Comparison of the Ability of Australian Gentamicin Dosing Guidelines to Achieve Target Therapeutic Concentrations in Neonates.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parenteral morphine and oxycodone mixtures administered in specialised palliative and hospice care units: A retrospective medical record review.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Voluntary Neonatal Medication Incident Reporting-A Single Centre Retrospective Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A health integrated platform for pharmacy clinical intervention data management and intelligent visual analytics and reporting.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2023Article
- Medication Regimen Complexity Index Score at Admission as a Predictor of Inpatient Outcomes: A Machine Learning Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of the Accreditation Program of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions on the Safety Dimension of the Institute of Medicine Quality.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Advancements in neonatology through quality improvement.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2022Review
- Medication errors in neonatal intensive care units: a multicenter qualitative study in the Palestinian practice.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedication errors represent a significant but often preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of interventions to reduce neonatal medication errors.
methodsA systematic review was undertaken of all comparative and noncomparative studies published in any language, identified from searches of PubMed and EMBASE and reference-list checking. Eligible studies were those investigating the impact of any medication safety interventions aimed at reducing medication errors in neonates in the hospital setting.
resultsA total of 102 studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria, including 86 comparative and 16 noncomparative studies. Medication safety interventions were classified into six themes: technology (
conclusionWhile neonatal medication errors can be reduced through multiple interventions aimed at improving the medication use process, no single intervention appeared clearly superior. Further research is required to evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of the various medication safety interventions to facilitate decisions regarding uptake and implementation into clinical practice.
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