Medication errors and risk areas in a critical care unit.
Juan Escrivá GraciaÁlvaro AparisiRicardo Brage SerranoJulio Fernández GarridoPublished in: Journal of advanced nursing (2020)
The origin of many of the medication errors and most interactions is in the prescription stage, being the nurse transcription (nurse intervention) in an important filter that prevents a considerable number of errors from finally reaching the patient. The schedule of administration of time-dependent antibiotics, high-risk medications and the technique of administering medications through a nasogastric tube are important risk areas for the commission of medication errors.