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Lee SB, Lee LL, Yeung RS, et al. A continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department. World J Emerg Med. 2013;4(3):179-82doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004.
Lee, S. B., Lee, L. L., Yeung, R. S., & Chan, J. T. s. (2013). A continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department. World journal of emergency medicine, 4(3), 179-82. https://doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004
Lee, Sara Bc, et al. "A continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department." World journal of emergency medicine vol. 4,3 (2013): 179-82. doi: https://doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004
Lee SB, Lee LL, Yeung RS, Chan JTs. A continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department. World J Emerg Med. 2013;4(3):179-82. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004. PMID: 25215115; PMCID: PMC4129856.
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World J Emerg Med. 2013;4(3):179-82. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004.

A continuous quality improvement project to reduce medication error in the emergency department.

World journal of emergency medicine

Sara Bc Lee, Larry Ly Lee, Richard Sd Yeung, Jimmy Ts Chan

Affiliations

  1. Emergency Department, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 25215115 PMCID: PMC4129856 DOI: 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.03.004

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Medication errors are a common source of adverse healthcare incidents particularly in the emergency department (ED) that has a number of factors that make it prone to medication errors. This project aims to reduce medication errors and improve the health and economic outcomes of clinical care in Hong Kong ED.

METHODS: In 2009, a task group was formed to identify problems that potentially endanger medication safety and developed strategies to eliminate these problems.

RESULTS: Responsible officers were assigned to look after seven error-prone areas. Strategies were proposed, discussed, endorsed and promulgated to eliminate the problems identified. A reduction of medication incidents (MI) from 16 to 6 was achieved before and after the improvement work.

CONCLUSION: This project successfully established a concrete organizational structure to safeguard error-prone areas of medication safety in a sustainable manner.

Keywords: Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI); Medication error; Medication safety

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