October 27, 2015
Study evaluates periop medication errors, adverse drug events
Editor's Note
One in 20 perioperative medication administrations included a medication error and/or adverse drug event in this prospective study.
Of 277 surgical procedures with 3,671 medication administrations evaluated, 193 involved a medication error and/or adverse drug event.
A total of 32 (20.9%) of the errors had little potential for harm, but 51 (33.3%) led to adverse drug events, and 70 (64.7%) were potentially harmful.
These rates are markedly higher than those reported by retrospective studies, the authors say.
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