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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Medication Errors Patient Safety

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients admitted to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion criteria

Adult Patients admitted to other units
Pediatric patients

Treatment and study plan

computerized physician order entry

Device

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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Study completion: 2004
First posted: Feb 6, 2006
Registry last updated: Dec 28, 2007

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