Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published January 2019

Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors.

Misasi P, Keebler JR. Ther Adv Drug Saf. 2019;10:1–14.

This pre–post study reports a decline in medication error rates in prehospital emergency services following implementation of a human factors engineering approach. The providers implemented a team-based cross-check process using standardized communication for high-risk medications and found a significant reduction in medication errors.

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