Open AccessLiquid Medication Errors and Dosing Tools: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
Author(s) -
H. Shonna Yin,
Ruth M. Parker,
Lee Sanders,
Benard P. Dreyer,
Alan L. Mendelsohn,
Stacy Cooper Bailey,
Deesha Patel,
Jessica J. Jimenez,
KwangYoun A. Kim,
Kara Jacobson,
Laurie Hedlund,
Michelle Smith,
Leslie M. Harris,
Terri McFadden,
Michael S. Wolf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-0357
Subject(s) - dosing , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , randomized controlled trial , drug packaging , pediatrics , surgery , radiology
Poorly designed labels and packaging are key contributors to medication errors. To identify attributes of labels and dosing tools that could be improved, we examined the extent to which dosing error rates are affected by tool characteristics (ie, type, marking complexity) and discordance between units of measurement on labels and dosing tools; along with differences by health literacy and language.
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