Objectives
Recognize that medication use errors are the number one most common patient care errors in pediatrics.
List three strategies to improve safe medication prescribing.
Adopt one new strategy to increase safe medication prescribing.
References
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Preventable Adverse Drug Events Among Inpatients: A Systematic Review
-Peter j. Gates, PhD; Sophie A. Meyerson; BSPH, Melissa T. Baysari, PhD; Christopher U. Lehmann, MD, FAAP, FACMI, FIAHSI; Johanna I. Westbrook, PhD, FACMI, FIAHSI, FACHI
National Poison Data System (NPDS)
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors
-H. Shonna Yin, MD, MSc, FAAP; Daniel R. Neuspiel, MD, MPH, FAAP’ Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc, FAAP
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Speaker(s): Margret Scheffler, MD
Speaker(s) Bio
Margaret Scheffler, MD, is a pediatric intensivist and medical director of pediatric sedation and pediatric critical care services at Lifespan. She is also an associate professor of pediatrics and a clinical educator at The Warren Alpert Medical School.
DCOC Contact Information
Catrice Banks-Johnson
Email: crbanksjohnson@uams.edu
DeAnn Hubberd
Email: DEHubberd@uams.edu
