Open AccessA continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department
Author(s) -
Sara Bc Lee,
Larry Ly Lee,
Richard Sd Yeung,
Jimmy T.S. Chan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , medication error , medical emergency , patient safety , health care , task (project management) , quality management , quality (philosophy) , near miss , operations management , nursing , reliability engineering , engineering , management system , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth , systems engineering
Medication errors are a common source of adverse healthcare incidents particularly in the emergency department (ED) that has a number of factors that make it prone to medication errors. This project aims to reduce medication errors and improve the health and economic outcomes of clinical care in Hong Kong ED.