Administering error results summary
| Citation | Numerator and numerator description | Denominator and denominator description |
|---|---|---|
| ADE, adverse drug event; DT, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids vaccine; DTP, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and cellular pertussis vaccine; MedMARx: United States Pharmacopeia database designed to reduce medication errors in hospitals. | ||
| France et al24 | 13 Administering chemotherapy errors | 97 Electronically reported chemotherapy errors in 13 months |
| Sangtawesin et al31 | 49 Administering errors: includes wrong time, omission error, wrong strength, unauthorised drug, wrong patient, extra dose, wrong route, wrong dosage form | 32105 Admissions in 14 months |
| King et al33 | 314 Administering errors | 416 Medication errors in 3 years |
| Fontan et al34 | 1077 Administering errors defined as any deviation between prescribed and administered drugs: includes extra/omitted dose, wrong route, wrong time and patient non-compliant 57 Extra dose errors 454 Dose omission errors17 Wrong dose errors 2 Wrong route errors 8 Patient non-compliant errors 539 Wrong time errors | 4589 Opportunities for administering errors: the sum of administered drugs and omitted drugs in 2 months |
| Derrough and Kitchin37 | 161 Inadvertent administration of vaccine to children: includes out of schedule according to the national recommendations, error in reconstitution of vaccine or diluent used, vaccine given at inappropriate age, inappropriate interval between vaccines, wrong vaccine (eg DTP for DT), expired vaccine, vaccine contraindicated. From pharmaceutical company telephone-based vaccine information service | 302 Inadvertent vaccine administrations (all age groups) in 1 year |
| Frey et al38 | 200 Administering errors | 275 Error reports in 2001 |
| Kozer et al39 | 59 Administering errors | 1532 Charts reviewed in 12 randomly selected days in summer |
| Kaushal et al42 | 78 Nurse administering medication errors 5 Nurse administering potential ADEs*: defined as errors with significant potential for injuring patient | 10 788 Orders, 1120 admissions and 3932 patient days in 6 weeks |
| Li et al44 | 87 Incorrect paracetamol doses at home 66 Paracetamol underdoses at home 21 Paracetamol overdoses at home 6 Paracetamol doses given more frequently than 4 hours at home | 140 Patients who received home administrations of paracetamol in past 24 hours, recorded over 3 months |
| 19 Incorrect ibuprofen doses at home 9 Ibuprofen underdoses at home 10 Ibuprofen overdoses at home 28 Ibuprofen doses given more frequently than 6 hours at home | 74 Patients who received home administrations of ibuprofen in past 24 hours, recorded over 3 months | |
| Losek46 | 34 Paracetamol doses outside standing orders of 10–15 mg/kg | 156 Emergency department patients receiving paracetamol in 1 week |
| Cowley et al48 | 1007 Administering errors submitted to MedMARx database | 1956 Paediatric errors with phase of error indicated submitted to MedMARx in 2 years |
| Feikema et al51 | 4789 Patients overimmunised for at least one vaccine | 22806 Paediatric patients in 1997 |
| Goldman and Scolnik52 | 26 Paracetamol overdoses at home: defined as >10–15 mg/kg 87 Paracetamol underdoses at home: defined as<10–15 mg/kg | 213 Patients who received home administrations of paracetamol recorded over 3 months |
| McErlean et al53 | 53 Incorrect doses of antipyretic drug at home compared with recommended dose | 118 Patients who received home administration of antipyretic drugs |