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Title

The Effect Of Utilizing An Electronic Medication Administration Record: A Quality Improvement Study

Authors

Ally Sipple
Branden Workman
Caitlyn Smith
Megan Smith
Rebecca Werring
Shayenne Slone
Taylor Stroud
Victoria Thomas
Suzi White

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Description

The suspected cost of medication errors in clinical practice is an annual $1.69 billion dollars. A thorough literature review of a total of 64 studies were reviewed. Common themes that emerged were barcode administration errors greatly reduces medication errors, that electronic records greatly reduced the severity of adverse effects, a lack of communication between medical staff results in more errors in medication administration, and the use of an electronic record reduces workload and stress on the nurses administering the medications. As a result of this literature review, an intervention was developed utilizing the importance of electronic records on reducing medication errors that will be shared with our clinical faculty.

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Business | Education | Engineering | Higher Education | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Recommended Citation

Sipple, Ally; Workman, Branden; Smith, Caitlyn; Smith, Megan; Werring, Rebecca; Slone, Shayenne; Stroud, Taylor; Thomas, Victoria; and White, Suzi, "The Effect Of Utilizing An Electronic Medication Administration Record: A Quality Improvement Study" (2021). 2021 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations. 26.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2021/26