Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Prescription Errors in the Intensive Care Unit: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00287274

Enrollment

160

Registered

2006-02-06

Start date

2004-03-31

Completion date

2004-04-30

Last updated

2007-12-28

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Conditions

Medication Errors, Patient Safety

Brief summary

Device: computerized physician order entry. We wanted to investigate if the introduction of a computerized intensive care unit system reduced the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors (MPEs). A prospective trial was conducted during 5 weeks in a paper-based unit versus a computerized unit. The registration of different classes of MPEs was done by a clinical pharmacist. An independent panel evaluated the severity of MPEs.

Interventions

DEVICEcomputerized physician order entry

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients admitted to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion criteria

* Adult Patients admitted to other units * Pediatric patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the the incidence and severity of medication prescription errors between a CPOE unit and a paper-based unit at completion of the study.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Description of MPEs in both units at completion of the study.	—

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026