Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Prescription Errors in the Intensive Care Unit: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Medication Errors; Patient Safety

• Registration Number: NCT00287274
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Brief Summary

Device: computerized physician order entry.

We wanted to investigate if the introduction of a computerized intensive care unit system reduced the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors (MPEs). A prospective trial was conducted during 5 weeks in a paper-based unit versus a computerized unit. The registration of different classes of MPEs was done by a clinical pharmacist. An independent panel evaluated the severity of MPEs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-03
• Study Completion: 2004-04
• Study First Submitted: 2006-02-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2006-02-06
• Status Verified: 2007-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 2007-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients admitted to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion Criteria

• Adult Patients admitted to other units
• Pediatric patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare the the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors between a CPOE unit and a paper-based unit at completion of the study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Description of MPEs in both units at completion of the study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent; 🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium