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Potential Medication Dosing Errors in Outpatient Pediatrics
To determine the prevalence of potential dosing errors of medication dispensed to children for 22 common medications. Using automated pharmacy data from 3 health maintenance organizations (HMOs), we randomly selected up to 120 children with a new dispensing prescription for each drug of interest, gi...
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Published in: | The Journal of pediatrics 2005-12, Vol.147 (6), p.761-767 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | To determine the prevalence of potential dosing errors of medication dispensed to children for 22 common medications.
Using automated pharmacy data from 3 health maintenance organizations (HMOs), we randomly selected up to 120 children with a new dispensing prescription for each drug of interest, giving 1933 study subjects. Errors were defined as potential overdoses or potential underdoses. Error rate in 2 HMOs that use paper prescriptions was compared with 1 HMO that uses an electronic prescription writer.
Approximately 15% of children were dispensed a medication with a potential dosing error: 8% were potential overdoses and 7% were potential underdoses. Among children weighing |
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ISSN: | 0022-3476 1097-6833 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.07.043 |