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Prevention of medication errors in emergency settings.

Development of strategies to overcome medication errors in critical care settings: An interventional study with pre and post assessment - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/02/062206
Enrollment
200
Registered
2024-02-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-03-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: Z048- Encounter for examination and observation for other specified reasons

Interventions

Intervention1: Educational module: To create awareness regarding the medication error to the health care professionals. The duration for intervention will be for a period of 6 months. Control Interven

Sponsors

NIL
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Cases involving high risk medications in critical care unit. Only seriously ill patients will be enrolled.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cases not involving high risk medications and who are not willing to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The study will be helpful to identify the suitable strategy which can be implemented throughout the hospital effectively to reduce all the medication errors including administration errors, transcription errors and prescription errors. The outcomes measured in terms of percentage of types of medication errors, adverse events, length of hospital stay and mortality.Timepoint: Two points (pre and post)—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Girish Thunga

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

girish.thunga@manipal.edu9880151127

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026