Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Prescription Errors in the Intensive Care Unit: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Trial.

University Hospital, Ghent160 enrolled

Overview

Device: computerized physician order entry. We wanted to investigate if the introduction of a computerized intensive care unit system reduced the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors (MPEs). A prospective trial was conducted during 5 weeks in a paper-based unit versus a computerized unit. The registration of different classes of MPEs was done by a clinical pharmacist. An independent panel evaluated the severity of MPEs.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

160

Conditions

Medication Errors Patient Safety

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients admitted to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit Exclusion Criteria: * Adult Patients admitted to other units * Pediatric patients

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To compare the the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors between a CPOE unit and a paper-based unit at completion of the study.

Secondary Outcomes

Description of MPEs in both units at completion of the study.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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