Start using a checklist, PRONTO: recommendation for a standard review process for chemotherapy orders. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Start using a checklist, PRONTO: recommendation for a standard review process for chemotherapy orders. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published August 2017

Start using a checklist, PRONTO: recommendation for a standard review process for chemotherapy orders.

Crandell BC, Bates JS, Grgic T. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2018;24:609-616.

Chemotherapy orders contain many steps that pose opportunities for prescribing errors. This commentary describes a six-step checklist designed to improve the reliability of the chemotherapy order review that was used by oncology pharmacists. The authors see future applications of the checklist as a cross-training and educational cognitive aid for practitioners and students.

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