title: Standardizing IV infusion medication concentrations to reduce variability in medication errors.
abstract: Practical strategies for preventing medication errors in pediatric patients are needed. Medication safety can be improved by assessing current practices, developing evidence-based interventions to improve such practices, evaluating the impact of new evidence-based innovations, and providing feedback to clinicians [20]. Nurses at the point of care are well positioned to identify and implement structures and processes to address medication errors so that the most preventable errors become a thing of the past.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1701, USA. jbullock@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Janna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: Deovina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawlinski
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Henneman
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*