title: Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors.
abstract: A home care patient received an unintended dose of 5-fluorouracil. This article details the agency's journey from error to the creation of a multidisciplinary collaboration to the implementation of statewide practice changes in an effort to improve patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, New Castle, Delaware 19720, USA. bewen@christianacare.org
authors.forename: Brenda M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ewen
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Combs
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Popelas
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Faraone
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D005472:Fluorouracil