Liquid Medication Errors and Dosing Tools: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
- Shonna Yin,
- Parker, Ruth M.
- Sanders, Lee M.
- Dreyer, Benard P.
- Mendelsohn, Alan L.
- Bailey, Stacy
- Patel, Deesha A.
- Jimenez, Jessica J.
- Kim, Kwang-Youn A.
- Jacobson, Kara
- Hedlund, Laurie
- Smith, Michelle C. J.
- Harris, Leslie Maness
- McFadden, Terri
- Wolf, Michael S.
DOIAbstract
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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