Does a Dose Calculator as an Add-On to a Web-Based Paediatric Formulary Reduce Calculation Errors in Paediatric Dosing? A Non-Randomized Controlled Study.

Tjitske M van der ZandenMatthijs de HoogJonathan D WindsterJoost van RosmalenI Heleen van der SijsSaskia N de Wildt

Published in: Paediatric drugs (2020)

Our study shows that the use of a dose calculator as an add-on to a web-based paediatric formulary can reduce calculation errors. Furthermore, it shows that technologies may introduce new errors through transcription errors and wrongly selecting parameters from drop-down lists. Therefore, dosing calculators should be developed and used with special attention for selection and transcription errors.

Keyphrases

patient safety
adverse drug
intensive care unit
emergency department
transcription factor
double blind
open label
working memory
placebo controlled
phase iii
monte carlo