Chemotherapy medication errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Chemotherapy medication errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published March 2018

Chemotherapy medication errors.

Weingart SN, Zhang L, Sweeney M, Hassett M. Lancet Oncol. 2018;19:e191-e199.

Chemotherapy errors can result in serious patient harm. This review summarized the evidence on chemotherapy errors. Most studies were performed in single-institution academic settings and few studies examined how health information technology affects patient outcomes.

PubMed citationAvailable at

Related Resources

CASES & COMMENTARIES

Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy

Vinod K. Bhutani, MD, and Ronald J. Wong

JOURNAL ARTICLE › REVIEW

Specifications of computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support systems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review.

Rahimi R, Kazemi A, Moghaddasi H, Arjmandi Rafsanjani K, Bahoush G. Chemotherapy. 2018;63:162-171.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Intravenous chemotherapy compounding errors in a follow-up pan-Canadian observational study.

Gilbert RE, Kozak MC, Dobish RB, et al. J Oncol Pract. 2018;14:e295-e303.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › COMMENTARY

Implementation of an integrated computerized prescriber order-entry system for chemotherapy in a multisite safety-net health system.

Chung C, Patel S, Lee R, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018;75:398-406.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Oncology nurses' beliefs and attitudes towards the double-check of chemotherapy medications: a cross-sectional survey study.

Schwappach DLB, Taxis K, Pfeiffer Y. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18:123.

View More