Medication incidents related to technology in a university-affiliated general hospital in 2006-2010

Poster PresentationINTRODUCTION: Technology often helps to reduce medication errors. The objective of this study was to assess medication errors in relation to technology used in the prescription or administration of medications. METHODS: Medication incidents reported during 2006–2010 in a university-affiliated general hospital were analysed. Computer-aided prescribing and medication label generation, 2-D bar-coded patient …published_or_final_versionThe 17th Medical Research Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 14 January 2012. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2012, v. 18 suppl. 1, p. 44, abstract no. 6

Reducing the use of inappropriate abbreviations in prescriptions

This journal suppl. entitled: 17th Medical Research Conference; Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong ...INTRODUCTION: Inappropriate use of abbreviations in prescriptions affects patient safety. Objectives: We investigated the effect of the ‘Do Not Use’ list on the use of such inappropriate abbreviations and the adherence to the Hospital Authority’s approved ‘Standard Abbreviations in Prescribing’ list. METHODS: We analysed the use of prescribing abbreviations in prescriptions before and after the …published_or_final_versionThe 17th Medical Research Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 14 January 2012. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2012, v. 18 suppl. 1, p. 45, abstract no. 6

Implementing a bar-code assisted medication administration system: effects on the dispensing process and user perceptions

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Technology-related medication errors – incidence, nature and causes in a tertiary hospital

Conference Theme: Enhancing Health - 協作同心‧醫澤社群Poster Presentation: no. SPP-P1.27published_or_final_versio

Opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain: guidelines for Hong Kong

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Reducing the use of inappropriate abbreviations in prescriptions

The Conference programme's website is located at http://www.intmedsafe.net/public-events/imsn-satellite-meetings/older-events/2011-hong-kong-international-medication-safety-conference/Conference Theme: Medication Safety - Dawn of a New Er

A 3-year study of medication incidents in an acute general hospital

Background and objective: Inappropriate medication use may harm patients. We analysed medication incident reports (MIRs) as part of the feedback loop for quality assurance. Methods: From all MIRs in a university-affiliated acute general hospital in Hong Kong in the period January 2004-December 2006, we analysed the time, nature, source and severity of medication errors. Results: There were 1278 MIRs with 36 (range 15-107) MIRs per month on average. The number of MIRs fell from 649 in 2004, to 353 in 2005, and to 276 in 2006. The most common type was wrong strength/dosage (36.5%), followed by wrong drug (16.7%), wrong frequency (7.7%), wrong formulation (7.0%), wrong patient (6.9%) and wrong instruction (3.1%). 60.9%, 53.7% and 84.0% of MIRs arose from handwritten prescription (HP) rather than the computerized medication order entry in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively. In 43.1% of MIRs, preregistration house officers were involved. Most errors (80.2%) were detected before any drug was wrongly administered. The medications were administered in 212 cases (19.7%), which resulted in an untoward effect in nine cases (0.8%). Conclusions: The most common errors were wrong dosage and wrong drug. Many incidents involved preregistration house officers and HPs. Our computerized systems appeared to reduce medication incidents. © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.link_to_subscribed_fulltex