Disproportionality Analysis Used to Identify Patterns in Medication Error Reports Involving Hospitalized Children

Medication errors (MEs) in children are frequent and associated with increased risk of harm (1,2). Incident reporting of errors is considered a key element in strategies to reduce MEs (3). Traditionally, analyses of ME reports involve narrative descriptions and frequency counts which may cause impor...

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Published in:Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology 2018-05, Vol.122 (5), p.531-533
Main Authors: Rishoej, Rikke Mie, Thybo Christesen, Henrik, Juel Kjeldsen, Lene, Almarsdóttir, Anna Birna, Hallas, Jesper
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Language:English
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Children
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Summary:Medication errors (MEs) in children are frequent and associated with increased risk of harm (1,2). Incident reporting of errors is considered a key element in strategies to reduce MEs (3). Traditionally, analyses of ME reports involve narrative descriptions and frequency counts which may cause important errors to be overlooked or may entail an element of subjectivism (2,4). A formal approach to analysis of ME reports could involve disproportionality principles used in pharmacovigilance, for example the proportional reporting ratio (PRR) (5). In large databases, PRRs may help identify potential safety targets which would go unnoticed when using frequency counts (6). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
ISSN:1742-7835
1742-7843
DOI:10.1111/bcpt.12947