Preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: A comparative study of intensive care and general care units
Preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: A comparative study of intensive care and general care units
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DOI:
10.1097/00003246-199708000-00014
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发表时间:
1997-08-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Leape, LL
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作者:
Cullen, DJ;Sweitzer, BJ;Leape, LL
Objectives: To compare the frequency and preventability of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events in inten- sive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs. To evaluate systems factors involving the individual caregivers, care unit teams, and patients involved in each adverse drug event by comparing ICUs with non-ICUs and medical ICUs with surgical ICUs.Design: Prospective cohort study. Participants included all 4,031 adult admissions to a stratified, random sample of 11 medical and surgical units in two tertiary care hospitals over a 6-month period, Units included two medical and three surgical ICUs and four medical and two surgical general care units.Setting: Two tertiary care hospitals: Eleven medical and surgical units, including two medical and three surgical ICUs.Patients: Adult admissions (n = 4,031).Interventions: None.Measurements and Main Results: Rate of preventable adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events, length of stay, charges, costs, and measures of the unit's environment. Incidents were detected by stimulated self-report by nurses and pharmacists and by daily review of all charts by nurse investigators. Incidents were subsequently classified by two independent reviewers as to whether they represented adverse drug events or potential adverse drug events and as to severity and preventability. Those individuals involved in the preventable adverse drug event and potential adverse drug event underwent detailed interviews by peer case-investigators.The rate of preventable adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events in ICUs was 19 events per 1000 patient days, nearly twice that rate of non-ICUs (p