Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified May 2010 by Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Recruitment status was Recruiting
Recruitment status was Recruiting
Sponsor:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborators:
National Patient Safety Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Information provided by:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00153205
First received: September 8, 2005
Last updated: May 3, 2010
Last verified: May 2010
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine how effective ward-based clinical pharmacists and computerized physician order entry systems are in reducing serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
|
Medication Errors |
Device: computerized physician order entry |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies |
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Further study details as provided by Brigham and Women's Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- serious medication errors
| Estimated Enrollment: | 1000 |
| Study Start Date: | February 2000 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | February 2011 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | February 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
This is a prospective cohort study at Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), before and after the introduction of two distinct interventions. The first intervention at Children's Hospital was the introduction of clinical pharmacists on inpatient pediatric wards to target errors at the stages of physician ordering and nurse transcription. The second intervention is technological: the introduction of physician computer order entry at the BWH neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This intervention will most effectively target errors at the stage of physician ordering, and secondarily address errors at the stage of pharmacy dispensing and nurse transcription. Data on serious medication errors will be collected pre and post each intervention.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients in the BWH NICU in the study pods during the study period
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients in other units, non-study pods, or outside of the study period
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00153205
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00153205
Contacts
| Contact: Rainu Kaushal | 212-746-1703 | rkaushal@partners.org |
Locations
| United States, Massachusetts | |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Recruiting |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120 | |
| Contact: Rainu Kaushal 212-746-1703 rkaushal@partners.org | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Brigham and Women's Hospital
National Patient Safety Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Rainu Kaushal | BWH |
More Information
| Responsible Party: | Rainu Kaushal, Brigham & Women's Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00153205 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 2005-P-000322/1; BWH |
| Study First Received: | September 8, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | May 3, 2010 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Brigham and Women's Hospital:
|
medication errors medical records systems, computerized patient safety |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 30, 2016