Pediatric hospitalists can help cut down on medication errors
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, July 13, 2009
A multidisciplinary team that includes a pediatric hospitalist can help reduce adverse drug events in patients, according to “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Trauma Patients in an Adult Trauma Center,” published in the June issue of Pediatric Emergency Care.
Researchers at the Christiana Care Hospital and Health Care System, in Newark, DE, developed a team that consisted of the following providers:
- Pediatric hospitalist
- Pediatric care coordinator
- Pediatric nurse
- Pharmacist
- Trauma service
This team collectively decided medication for patients and set up a system for reporting errors. Out of the 259 pediatric trauma patients, the researchers found that the team approach:
- Reduced medication prescribing errors
- Reduced medication administration errors
- Improved weight documentation
“Instituting a multidisciplinary approach to pediatric trauma patient care is practical and can significantly decrease adverse medication events,” states the study's abstract.
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