Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in the United Kingdom

Borthwick, Mark; Keeling, Susan; Keeling, Peter; Woods, Justin; Scales, Katie; Waldmann, Carl

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“…A questionnaire was created using the results of the first national survey. 13 The most commonly used concentrations of…”

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“…11,12 We have previously sought to establish the feasibility of standardising infusion concentrations by ascertaining the extent of variation in practice for a set of medications commonly used in critical care. 13 The aim of this follow-up survey is to assess the acceptability to UK critical care units of a draft list of standard medication concentrations and to identify possible factors that would impede the introduction of such a standard.…”

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Towards Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in UK Critical Care Units

Borthwick¹,

Keeling

et al. 2009

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

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There is wide variation in infusion practice in UK critical care units. Standardising infusion concentrations may lead to efficiency gains through reduced training burdens, common nomenclature, reductions in error rates and mass production of ready-to-use products by the pharmaceutical industry. A proposed list of standard concentrations for 20 medications given by infusion was produced. Critical care units were surveyed to assess the acceptability of the list for adoption as a national standard; 164 critical care units responded (63% of UK NHS trusts). High acceptance of the list has been shown, with the exception of concentrations of adrenaline, potassium and phosphate where further work is required. The proposed concentrations of the remaining 17 medications should be adopted as a national standard.

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“…A questionnaire was created using the results of the first national survey. 13 The most commonly used concentrations of…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Towards Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in UK Critical Care Units

Borthwick¹,

Keeling

et al. 2009

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

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“…Changes that require significant investment, but could also reduce patient safety incidents, include electronic prescribing [16,17], the use of pre-prepared syringes [29] and new infusion pump technology [30]. The costs and uncertainties associated with these new technologies [31] mean that they should be subject to careful assessment.…”

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Medication‐related patient safety incidents in critical care: a review of reports to the UK National Patient Safety Agency*

Thomas¹,

Panchagnula

2008

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SummaryWe reviewed all patient safety incidents reported to the UK National Patient Safety Agency between 1st August 2006 and 28th February 2007 from intensive care or high dependency units. Incidents involving medications were then categorised. 12 084 incidents were submitted from 151 organisations (median 40, range 1-634 ⁄ organisation). 2428 incidents were associated with medication use involving 355 different drugs, most commonly morphine (207 incidents), gentamicin (190 incidents) and noradrenaline (133 incidents). Noradrenaline (55 incidents of harm) and insulin (48 incidents of harm) were most commonly associated with patient harm. Sixty-one percent of medication incidents were associated with drug administration and 26% with prescription. Two hundred and eighty-seven medication incidents caused temporary harm and 43 more than temporary harm. Five per cent of medication incidents were associated with staff communication during transfer from theatre or recovery. Categorisation of medication-associated incidents has allowed us to suggest changes to improve the reporting of incidents and to improve medication safety.

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Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in the United Kingdom

Abstract: There is a project afoot to bring simplicity and clarity to drug infusion practice across the UK and the first steps need your support... Standardisation of drug infusion concentrations in the United Kingdom Standardisation of drug infusion concentrations in the United Kingdom

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Towards Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in UK Critical Care Units

Towards Standardisation of Drug Infusion Concentrations in UK Critical Care Units

Medication‐related patient safety incidents in critical care: a review of reports to the UK National Patient Safety Agency*

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