Effectiveness of double checking to reduce medication administration errors: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Effectiveness of double checking to reduce medication administration errors: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Highlights From AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network

AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) highlights journal articles, books and tools related to patient safety. Articles featured this week include:

• The fifth vital sign? Nurse worry predicts inpatient deterioration within 24 hours
• Effectiveness of double checking to reduce medication administration errors: a systematic review
• Untangling infusion confusion: a comparative evaluation of interventions in a simulated intensive care setting

Review additional new publications in PSNet’s current issue or access recent cases and commentaries in AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web).