The ECRI Institute has recommended five practices (pdf) to prevent medication errors.
These recommendations include the following:
• Provide leadership support for medication safety initiatives.
• Evaluate the medication-use process to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Employ proactive and reactive risk assessment tools (e.g., failure mode and effects analysis, root-cause analysis) to identify and implement medication safety strategies.
• Use multiple techniques (e.g., event reporting, chart review) to track and identify medication errors.
• Involve frontline staff in medication safety initiatives.
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These recommendations include the following:
• Provide leadership support for medication safety initiatives.
• Evaluate the medication-use process to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Employ proactive and reactive risk assessment tools (e.g., failure mode and effects analysis, root-cause analysis) to identify and implement medication safety strategies.
• Use multiple techniques (e.g., event reporting, chart review) to track and identify medication errors.
• Involve frontline staff in medication safety initiatives.
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