Medication errors during a pandemic: what have we learnt?

Meslamani, Ahmad Z. Al

doi:10.1080/14740338.2023.2181954

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“…Studies referring to intermediate care units or pediatric and neonatal intensive care units were excluded. The exclusion of COVID-19-related studies is due to the heightened risk of medication errors during pandemics, which may stem from systemic failures, inadequate preparedness, increased staff stress, attrition, and emerging clinical complexities, necessitating distinct approaches to error mitigation [ 24 ].…”

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Predisposing Factors to Medication Errors by Nurses and Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature

Coelho,

Furtado,

Mendonça

et al. 2024

Nursing Reports

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Medication errors have serious consequences and high costs for the patient and the system. The treatment process and the care required for critically ill patients are complex, and these patients are more vulnerable to errors and potential consequences. A scoping review using the JBI methodology was conducted across PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE databases and reported by the PRISMA-ScR guidelines to explore strategies that can mitigate medication errors by nurses. The search strategy focused on references published between January 2012 and April 2023. Sixteen studies were included, and the results were organized into thematic areas. Medication errors by nurses are in the areas of preparation, administration, and documentation; organizational, system-related, procedural, personal, and knowledge and training factors are predisposing factors for errors; educational intervention, verification and safety methods, organizational changes, and error reporting are the strategic areas to mitigate medication error. The organization of the data could be different, as it depends on the reviewers’ experience. Knowledge of the factors that cause medication errors and interventions to mitigate them make it possible to outline strategies to minimize their occurrence and achieve health gains. The protocol preceding this review has been registered in the Open Science Framework and published.

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Predisposing Factors to Medication Errors by Nurses and Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature

Coelho,

Furtado,

Mendonça

et al. 2024

Nursing Reports

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“…Studies referring to intermediate care units or pediatric and neonatal intensive care units will not be included. Studies conducted in adult ICUs directly involved in the COVID-19 response will be excluded because the risk of medication errors may be higher during times of pandemic due to system failures, inefficient preparedness plans, staff stress and attrition as well as new clinical complexities, requiring differentiated mitigation responses [ 36 ].…”

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Interventions to Minimize Medication Error by Nurses in Intensive Care: A Scoping Review Protocol

Coelho

Furtado

Mendonça³

et al. 2023

Nursing Reports

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Medication errors represent a concern for healthcare organizations due to their negative consequences. In the nursing context, these errors represent a threat to the quality of care and patient safety. Many factors have been identified as potential causes for these errors in intensive care units. A scoping review will be developed to identify interventions/strategies to minimize the occurrence of medication errors by nurses, considering the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. A search will be conducted in the EbscoHost (CINAHL Complete and MEDLINE), Embase and PubMed databases. Data analysis, extraction and synthesis will be carried out by two reviewers independently. This review will attempt to map which interventions are more specific to minimizing medication error by nurses in intensive care and to recognize which factors influence this type of error to mitigate practices that may lead to error. This protocol acts as the framework for a scoping review in the strategy to map the interventions and which factors contribute to the medication error by intensive care nurses. This study was prospectively registered with the Open Science Framework on 21 April 2023 with registration number DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/94KH3.

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“…Pharmacists’ services have evolved from mere drug dispensing to more individualised and specialised patient care to align with institutional goals and best practices (Al Aqeel et al, 2018 ; Al Meslamani, 2023a , 2023b ; Presley et al, 2019 ). They follow evidence-based guidelines, formulate local guidelines, design drug use policies, diminish medication errors, champion medication safety initiatives, and assist in treatment decisions (Kassem et al, 2021 ; Lee et al, 2017 ; Stasiak et al, 2014 ; Van der Linden et al, 2020 ).…”

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The pharmacists’ interventions after a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kassem,

Al Meslamani,

Elmaghraby

et al. 2024

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

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Medication errors during a pandemic: what have we learnt?

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Predisposing Factors to Medication Errors by Nurses and Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature

Predisposing Factors to Medication Errors by Nurses and Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature

Interventions to Minimize Medication Error by Nurses in Intensive Care: A Scoping Review Protocol

The pharmacists’ interventions after a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic

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