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

NCT00287274 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2007-12-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Medication Errors
  • Patient Safety

Interventions

DEVICE

computerized physician order entry

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kirsten Colpaert, MD · University Hospital, Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Completion
2004-04-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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