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dc.contributorVall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
dc.contributor.authorGarrido-Corro, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorOtero, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorJIMENEZ LOZANO, INES
dc.contributor.authorHernández Gago, Yolanda
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-Vayo, Concepcion
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo-Santos, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T11:15:35Z
dc.date.available2023-09-06T11:15:35Z
dc.date.issued2023-07
dc.identifier.citationGarrido-Corro B, Otero MJ, Jiménez-Lozano I, Hernández Gago Y, Álvarez-Del-Vayo C, Trujillo-Santos J, et al. Medication errors in children visiting pediatric emergency departments. Farm Hosp. 2023 Jul-Aug;47(4):141–7.
dc.identifier.issn1130-6343
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11351/10246
dc.descriptionMedication errors; Emergency departments; Pediatrics
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Medication safety represents an important challenge in children. There are limited studies on medication errors in pediatric patients visiting emergency departments. To help bridge this gap, we characterized the medication errors detected in these patients, determining their severity, the stages of the medication process in which they occurred, the drugs involved, and the types and causes associated with the errors. Methods: We conducted a multicenter prospective observational study in the pediatric emergency departments of 8 Spanish public hospitals over a 4-month period. Medication errors detected by emergency pediatricians in patients between 0 and 16 years of age were evaluated by a clinical pharmacist and a pediatrician. Each medication error was analyzed according to the updated Spanish Taxonomy of Medication Errors. Results: In 99,797 visits to pediatric emergency departments, 218 (0.2%) medication errors were detected, of which 74 (33.9%) resulted in harm (adverse drug events). Preschoolers were the age group with the most medication errors (126/218). Errors originated mainly in the prescribing stage (66.1%), and also by self-medication (16.5%) and due to wrong administration of the medication by family members (15.6%). Dosing errors (51.4%) and wrong/improper drugs (46.8%) were the most frequent error types. Anti-infective drugs (63.5%) were the most common drugs implicated in medication errors with harm. Underlying causes associated with a higher proportion of medication errors were "medication knowledge deficit" (63.8%), "deviation from procedures/guidelines" (48.6%) and "lack of patient information" (30.3%). Conclusions: Medication errors presented by children attending emergency departments arise from prescriptions, self-medicationand administration, and lead to patient harm in one third of cases. Developing effective interventions based on the types of errors and the underlying causes identified will improve patient safety.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFarmacia Hospitalaria;47(4)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceScientia
dc.subjectUrgències en pediatria
dc.subjectErrors de medicació
dc.subject.meshMedication Errors
dc.subject.meshPediatric Emergency Medicine
dc.subject.meshPatient Safety
dc.titleMedication errors in children visiting pediatric emergency departments
dc.title.alternativeErrores de medicación en niños que acuden a los servicios de urgencias pediátricas
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.farma.2023.03.006
dc.subject.decserrores de medicación
dc.subject.decsmedicina de urgencias pediátrica
dc.subject.decsseguridad del paciente
dc.relation.publishversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.farma.2023.03.006
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.audienceProfessionals
dc.contributor.organismesInstitut Català de la Salut
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Garrido-Corro B] Pharmacy Department, Virgen de la Arrixaca Clinical University Hospital, Murcia, Spain. [Otero MJ] Pharmacy Department, ISMP-Spain, Salamanca University Hospital-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain. [Jiménez-Lozano I] Servei de Farmàcia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Hernández Gago Y] Pharmacy Department, Maternal-Insular Hospital Complex of Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain. [Álvarez-Del-Vayo C] Pharmacy Department, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain. [Trujillo-Santos J] Internal Medicine Department, Santa Lucía University General Hospital, Cartagena, Spain
dc.identifier.pmid37164795
dc.identifier.wos001047256600001
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess


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