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NCT Number: NCT01232088

Questionnaire of the Section Perioperative Intensive Care of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) on Standardized Drug Labelling

Medication errors are common in intensive care (Valentin A et al., BMJ. 2009;338). Standardized color coded labels for user applied syringes enjoy strong support from many health professionals, thinking that this might increase patient safety. Whether this is true or not warrants further research.

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Key information

Conditions

Drug Labelling

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Campus Virchow Klinikum/Campus Charité Mitte

Berlin, State of Berlin, 13353/10117, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary objective is to assess if standardized drug syringe labelling is used in European ICUs.

    Time frame: A period of 90 days.

    Online survey for ICU physicians (members of the ESICM).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The second objectives is to assess 1. if standards for drug syringe labelling are similar in European ICUs and 2. if users expect that standardized drug syringe labelling should be delivered by the pharmaceutical industry.

    Time frame: A period of 90 days

    Online survey for ICU physicians (members of the ESICM).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Nov 2, 2010
Registry last updated
Nov 2, 2015

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