Evaluating the safety and efficiency of a CPOE system for continuous medication infusions in a pediatric ICU.
Critically ill children often require continuous intravenous infusions of life-supporting medications. The complexity of ordering such infusions makes this an error prone process, and such errors can result in serious adverse events. A CPOE system was developed and evaluated to assess its impact on the safety and efficiency of prescribing continuous medication infusions.
Vaidya
Vinay
V
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA.
Sowan
Azizeh K
AK
Mills
Mary Etta
ME
Soeken
Karen
K
Gaffoor
Mohamed
M
Hilmas
Elora
E
D002648:Child; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control