Actionable Patient Safety Solution (APSS) #3D: Pediatric Adverse Drug Events

Authors

Ron Jordan, Chapman UniversityFollow
Jerika Lam, Chapman UniversityFollow
Nathaniel Sims, Harvard Medical School
Anne Lyren, Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety
Coco Yang, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

This report presents a plan of action for introducing a "program to reduce the incidence of pediatric adverse drug events (pADEs) and harm ... [that] combine[s] leadership strategies, software (healthcare IT), hardware (drug compounding systems, drug delivery technology, and physiological monitoring systems), and most importantly people (changes in clinical practice, protocols and education)" to protect pediatric patients.

Comments

This report was originally published for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2017.

Recommended Citation

Yang S, Lam JT, Sims N, et al. Actionable Patient Safety Solution (APSS) #3D: Pediatric Adverse Drug Events. Patient Safety Movement Foundation. February 2017 (http://patientsafetymovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/APSS-3D_-Pediatric-Adverse-Drug-Events.pdf).

Copyright

Patient Safety Movement Foundation