title: A comparison of medication administrations errors using CPOE orders vs. handwritten orders for pediatric continuous drug infusions.
abstract: Continuous drug infusions in critically ill patients are associated with a high error rate. Although CPOE systems have shown to reduce prescribing errors, the effect on administration errors has not been studied in pediatric ICU patients. We studied this by measuring the ability of nurses to detect medication administration errors using CPOE orders versus handwritten orders for continuous drug infusions.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: Azizeh K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sowan
authors.forename: Gaffoor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soeken
authors.forename: Mary Etta
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Meg
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johantgen
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaidya
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D014956:Writing