Best practices for chemotherapy administration in pediatric oncology: quality and safety process improvements (2015).

Looper K, Winchester K, Robinson D, et al. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2015 Dec 14; [Epub ahead of print].

Chemotherapy is a high-risk treatment that requires specific safety protocols. This commentary describes an effort that successfully determined and implemented best practices for chemotherapy administration in children. The intervention included an interdisciplinary program that reviewed current processes and evidence, utilized quality improvement tools, and established standardized techniques, exact times, and consistent documentation to augment safety associated with use of this medication.