@article {Davey146, author = {A L Davey and A Britland and R J Naylor}, title = {Decreasing paediatric prescribing errors in a district general hospital}, volume = {17}, number = {2}, pages = {146--149}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.1136/qshc.2006.021212}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Background: In paediatric inpatients, medication errors occur as frequently as 1 in 4.2 drug orders, with up to 80\% of these being prescribing errors.Context: The children{\textquoteright}s unit of a district general hospital in West Yorkshire, UK.Key measures for improvement: Prescribing errors and preventable adverse drug eventsStrategies for change: (1) The introduction of a junior doctor prescribing tutorial. (2) The introduction of a bedside prescribing guideline.Effects of change: The introduction of the junior doctor prescribing tutorial decreased the prescribing errors by 46\%. The introduction of a bedside prescribing guideline did not decrease prescribing errors but may have been helpful to those doctors unable to attend a prescribing tutorial.Lessons learnt: By investing time and providing appropriate written resources, we have been able to reduce our paediatric prescribing errors on the children{\textquoteright}s ward by almost half.}, issn = {1475-3898}, URL = {https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/17/2/146}, eprint = {https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/17/2/146.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Quality \& Safety} }