Errors found in half of intravenous drug doses
Errors occur in the preparation or administration of almost half of
intravenous drug doses. In an ethnographic study with disguised
observation, Taxis and Barber (p 684) observed drug rounds in 10 wards
in two UK hospitals. Potentially moderate errors occurred in 29% of
the intravenous drug doses, and potentially serious errors in 1%. The
most common errors were giving bolus doses too fast and poor
preparation of drugs that required several steps.
(Credit: FERMARIELLO/SPL)
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