Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00153205 |
Recruitment Status
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Withdrawn
First Posted
: September 12, 2005
Last Update Posted
: February 16, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Medication Errors | Behavioral: computerized physician order entry | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 0 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies |
Study Start Date : | February 2000 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2007 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Introduction of A Clinical Pharmacist | Behavioral: computerized physician order entry |
Experimental: Technological | Behavioral: computerized physician order entry |
- serious medication errors

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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 (NCT number): NCT00153205
United States, Massachusetts | |
Brigham and Women's Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120 |
Principal Investigator: | Rainu Kaushal | BWH |
Responsible Party: | Rainu Kaushal, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00153205 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2005-P-000322/1; BWH |
First Posted: | September 12, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 16, 2017 |
Last Verified: | February 2017 |
Keywords provided by Rainu Kaushal, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital:
medication errors medical records systems, computerized patient safety |