AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Mitigating errors caused by interruptions during medication verification and administration: interventions in a simulated ambulatory chemotherapy setting.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Mitigating harms caused by interruptions during medication delivery: using simulation to identify best practices.BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Jun 6; [Epub ahead of print].

Mitigating errors caused by interruptions during medication verification and administration: interventions in a simulated ambulatory chemotherapy setting.

Prakash V, Koczmara C, Savage P, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Jun 6; [Epub ahead of print].

This study used high-fidelity simulation to evaluate the impact of several interventions on preventing medication administration errors by chemotherapy nurses. Interventions with a basis in human factors engineering principles appeared to be highly effective at reducing errors related to interruptions.

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