Open AccessThe impact of paediatric dose range checking software
Author(s) -
Matthew Neame,
James Moss,
Jordi Saez Dominguez,
Andrea Gill,
Nik Barnes,
Ian Sinha,
Daniel B Hawcutt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of hospital pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2047-9964
pISSN - 2047-9956
DOI - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2020-002244
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , formulary , emergency medicine , intervention (counseling) , health care , incidence (geometry) , dosing , patient safety , psychological intervention , medical emergency , pediatrics , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , economics , economic growth , physics , optics
Dosing errors can cause significant harm in paediatric healthcare settings. Our objective was to investigate the effects of paediatric dose range checking (DRC) clinical decision support (CDS) software on overdosing-related outcomes.