scholarly journals Utility of a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric intensive care unit to identify and prevent medication errors

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Ramaning Loni ◽  
Siddu Charki ◽  
Trimal Kulkarni ◽  
Mahesh Kamale ◽  
LaxmanH Bidari
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care

Medication Errors Reported in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Oncologic Patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline S. C. Belela ◽  
Maria Angélica S. Peterlini ◽  
Mavilde L. G. Pedreira
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Oncologic Patients

Impact of a pediatric clinical pharmacist in the pediatric intensive care unit

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne I. Krupicka ◽  
Susan L. Bratton ◽  
Karen Sonnenthal ◽  
Brahm Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care

scholarly journals Impact of a Drug Shortage on Medication Errors and Clinical Outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 453-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin M. Hughes ◽  
Elizabeth S. Goswami ◽  
Jennifer L. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Prescribing Errors ◽  
Drug Shortage

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of prescribing errors, resulting adverse events, and patient outcomes associated with sedation and analgesia in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) before and during a national shortage of fentanyl and injectable benzodiazepines. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed of patients admitted to the PICU with at least 1 prescribed order for a sedative or analgesic agent during the time periods of January to February of 2011 and 2012. Initial orders for sedative and analgesic agents were identified and investigated for appropriateness of dose and were assessed for error-associated adverse events. Orders were stratified by timing in regard to clinical pharmacist on-site availability. Demographic and outcome information, including unintended extubations, ventilator days, and PICU length of stay, were gathered. RESULTS: One hundred sixty-nine orders representing 72 patients and 179 orders representing 75 patients in 2011 and 2012, respectively, were included in analysis. No differences were found in the rate of prescribing errors in 2011 and 2012 (33 errors in 169 orders vs. 39 errors in 179 orders, respectively, p=0.603). No differences were found in rates of prescribing errors in regard to clinical pharmacist on-site availability. A significant increase was seen in unintended extubations per 100 ventilator days, with 0.15 in 2011 vs. 1.13 in 2012, respectively (p<0.001). A significant decrease was seen in ventilator days per patient (p<0.001) and PICU length of stay per patient (p=0.019). CONCLUSIONS: There were no differences in rates of prescribing errors before versus during the fentanyl and benzodiazepine shortage.

scholarly journals Economic impact of the clinical pharmacist interventions in the pediatric intensive care unit

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna de Melo Menezes ◽  
Francieli Zanella-Lazaretto ◽  
Lucélia Hernandes-Lima ◽  
Karin Hepp-Schwambach ◽  
Carine Raquel Blatt
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Pharmacist Interventions

scholarly journals Expectations of the pediatric intensive care unit team for the clinical pharmacist performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Andrea Q. Ungari ◽  
Laura M. V. Pereira ◽  
Davi C. Aragon ◽  
Alexandra C. Abramovicius ◽  
Ana T. A. Penna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Team ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

Objetivo: O objetivo do estudo foi conhecer as expectativas da equipe da unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica quanto às atividades a serem realizadas pelo farmacêutico clínico a fim de planejar seu trabalho junto com a equipe multidisciplinar. Desenho do estudo: Estudo transversal, envolvendo a equipe multidisciplinar da unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica de um hospital universitário terciário. Método: Um questionário autopreenchível contendo perguntas sobre as expectativas da equipe da unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica em relação ao papel do farmacêutico clínico na equipe multidisciplinar foi aplicado aos membros da equipe, utilizando a escala de resposta do tipo Likert. Resultados: Os auxiliares/ técnicos de enfermagem e fisioterapeutas mostraram maior expectativa em relação a questões relacionadas com a administração de medicamentos; para enfermeiros, a expectativa sobre o desempenho do farmacêutico clínico focou-se em questões relacionadas à prescrição de medicações, como a avaliação da antibioticoterapia, enquanto os médicos consideraram mais importantes informações sobre a terapia medicamentosa, como a notificação de alergias relacionadas às drogas, informações sobre o aprazamento de medicamentos e avaliação da administração de drogas por sonda gástrica ou enteral. Conclusões: As expectativas da equipe variaram de acordo com as necessidades e a rotina de cada categoria profissional. Os resultados deste estudo têm contribuído para a implantação do serviço de farmácia clínica em uma unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica brasileira

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