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Disproportionality Analysis Used to Identify Patterns in Medication Error Reports Involving Hospitalized Children
Author(s) -
Rishoej Rikke Mie,
Thybo Christesen Henrik,
Juel Kjeldsen Lene,
Almarsdóttir Anna Birna,
Hallas Jesper
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/bcpt.12947
Subject(s) - medication error , medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , patient safety , health care , economics , economic growth
Medication errors (MEs) in children are frequent and associated with increased risk of harm (1,2). Incident reporting of errors is considered a key element in strategies to reduce MEs (3). Traditionally, analyses of ME reports involve narrative descriptions and frequency counts which may cause important errors to be overlooked or may entail an element of subjectivism (2,4). A formal approach to analysis of ME reports could involve disproportionality principles used in pharmacovigilance, for example the proportional reporting ratio (PRR) (5). In large databases, PRRs may help identify potential safety targets which would go unnoticed when using frequency counts (6). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.