Abstract

An estimated 44,000-98,000 patients die each year due to medication errors and a large percentage of these are medication administration errors. A medication error is defined as a preventable event that can cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is administered or controlled by any healthcare professional, patient, or consumer. Medication error events can be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures and systems which include prescribing, order communication, product labeling, packaging, naming, compounding, dispensing, administration and more. Medication errors are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in healthcare. Therefore, it is the leading cause of preventable adverse events.

Eryn Krehbiel

Author Details

Eryn Krehbiel, BSN, SRNA

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Case Study/Series

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

Medication Errors, Medication Administration, Multimodal Interventions

Advisor

Greenway, Mary E.

Second Advisor

Cahoon, Terri M.

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Samford University

Degree Year

2022

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

Date of Issue

2022-01-24

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