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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Health Care Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Prescription errors represent a major source of iatrogenic harm within healthcare systems.
  • Pediatric emergency department (ED) patients face heightened vulnerability to medication errors.
  • A quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed to reduce prescription errors by 20% over 24 months.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decrease prescription errors in an academic pediatric ED by implementing national best practice guidelines.
  • To enhance medication safety for pediatric patients in an emergency setting.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of QI strategies in reducing prescription errors.

Main Methods:

  • A multidisciplinary, fellow-driven QI project utilized the Model for Improvement from 2017 to 2019.
  • Key interventions included simplifying electronic order entry, improving dosing knowledge, enhancing error feedback, and raising awareness of pitfalls.
  • Outcome measures (errors per 1000 prescriptions) and process measures (provider awareness) were analyzed using statistical process control and other statistical methods.

Main Results:

  • The overall prescription error rate decreased from 8.6 to 4.5 per 1000 prescriptions.
  • Errors related to the top 10 most error-prone antibiotics reduced from 20.1 to 8.8 per 1000 prescriptions.
  • Provider awareness and utilization of prescription folders significantly increased post-intervention.

Conclusions:

  • Quality improvement efforts, including simplifying and standardizing computerized provider order entry (CPOE), effectively reduced prescription errors.
  • A combined approach of educational and technological interventions likely contributed to the observed improvements in medication safety.
  • Standardizing CPOE and implementing best practices are crucial for minimizing prescription errors in pediatric EDs.