title: Reduction of medication errors in a pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit.
abstract: Medication errors resulting in patient harm were reduced from 33 in 2010 to 3 in 2011, 6 in 2012, and 4 in 2013 by initiating the following quality improvement interventions: multidisciplinary cardiothoracic intensive care unit quality committee, nursing education, shift change medication double check, medication error huddles, safety systems checklist, distraction-free zone to enter orders, and medication bar coding.
authors.affiliation: The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keiffer
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcum
authors.forename: Sheilah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Douglas W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Teske
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Simsic
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009820:Ohio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D058996:Quality Improvement