Reducing IV medication errors by standardization
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Mishaps with multiple continuous infusions in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) account for 7.7% of nursing errors. IV drip medication errors occur twice as often in the ICU and impacts 14.3-79% of patients. (Kane- Gill, 2017; Nunes, 2023) IV drip medication errors are under-reported for multiple reasons including fear of punitive action, reporting time, and lack of knowledge on how to report. Medication errors occur in 42.7% (497 out of 1164) of observed medication passes for ICU patients. (Kane-Gill, 2017; Schnock, 2017) Adverse drug events range from $16,874 per event, with total project hospital expenditure of $4.1 million annually (Kane-Gill, 2017).