the impact of abbreviations on patient safety jc
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journal club about a study on the impact of prohibited abbreviations on patient safetyTRANSCRIPT
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The impact of abbreviations on
patient safety
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Introduction
• In 2004 The Joint Commission introduced the “Do Not Use” list of abbreviations as part of the requirements for meeting International Patient Safety Goal 2
• which addresses the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.
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However, non-compliance remains
23%
With a rising trend Between 2004 - 2006
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Medication errors have been shown to account for up to7,000 deaths per year in US
Institute of Medicine: To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health
System. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000.
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• Communication failures are the most common root cause of sentinel events.
• accounting for more than 60% of events from 2002 through 2006. The Joint Commission: Root Cause of
Sentinel Events. (accessed Jun. 11, 2007).
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• Frequently, communication lapses are the result of using abbreviations when conveying medication orders.
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Aim
• The purpose of this study was to provide further evidence about patient safety risks that result from using abbreviations.
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• MEDMARX® program is a medication error reporting program.
• That allows subscribing facilities to report and track medication errors in a standardized format.
• MEDMARX uses the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) Index for Categorizing medication Errors to measure error outcomes.
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Sample
• From 2004 through 2006 a total of 643,151 medication errors were reported to the MEDMARX program from 682 facilities.
• Of these errors, 29,974 (4.7%) were attributable to abbreviation use.
• 11,821 of the abbreviation errors were excluded due to lack of information.
• The final sample size consisted of 18,153 medication error reports.
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Most common abbreviations
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Error outcome
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• The majority of errors were categories A, B, or C (28%, 67.2%, and 3.8%, respectively).
• 0.3% of errors resulted in patient harm Categories E through I.
About 54 patients
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Node where error originated
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Prescribing Transcribing
Dispensing Administration
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 81%
14%
3% 2%
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Staff involved
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Medical Nursing
Pharmacy Others
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
78.50%
15.10%
4.20% 2.20%
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Most common abbreviations associated with patient harm
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Discussion
• Medication errors are often associated with illegible handwriting of orders, which often include abbreviations.
• Although the incidence of patient harm is low, any incidence which can be avoided is a target toward which everyone should strive.
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• One may argue that errors originating at prescribing node are less problematic.
• Because the pathway between prescribing and patient receipt of the order is designed to intercept errors.
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• However, they do present unnecessary risk. • Fundamentally, removal of the originating
causes of the error (that is, abbreviations) is more sensible than relying on quality control measures to intercept the error before it reaches the patient.
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• Education is often not enough; enforcement is required to ensure that abbreviations are not used.
• Holding health care professionals accountable for infractions.
• Medical staff leadership must be engaged to exert peer pressure and support for the policy.
• Reward compliance.
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ABBREVIATIONS MAYSAVE MINUTES…
PROHIBITING ABBREVIATIONSMAY SAVE LIVES…
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Save lives
Do not Abbreviate