Preventing vincristine administration errors: does evidence support minibag infusions?

Suzanne M Mahon; Lisa Schulmeister

Commentary

Preventing vincristine administration errors: does evidence support minibag infusions?

July 23, 2010

Mahon SM, Schulmeister L. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2006;10(2).

View more articles from the same authors.

The author discusses proposed recommendations for preventing intrathecal administration of vincristine.

Available at

PubMed citation

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

WebM&M Cases

Chemotherapy Extravasation

January 1, 2008

Failure mode and effect analysis: a technique to prevent chemotherapy errors.

September 24, 2010

Pathologists' perspectives on disclosing harmful pathology error.

July 10, 2017

Outcomes in two Massachusetts hospital systems give reason for optimism about communication-and-resolution programs.

October 11, 2017

Partnering with patients and families living with chronic conditions to coproduce diagnostic safety through OurDX: a previsit online engagement tool.

February 15, 2023

Engaging hospital patients in the medication reconciliation process using tablet computers.

November 2, 2018

Opioid prescribing for acute pain management in children and adolescents in outpatient settings: clinical practice guideline.

November 13, 2024

The impact of COVID-19 workflow changes on radiation oncology incident reporting.

November 2, 2022

Video-based communication assessment of physician error disclosure skills by crowdsourced laypeople and patient advocates who experienced medical harm: reliability assessment with generalizability theory.

May 18, 2022

Communicating pathology and laboratory errors: anatomic pathologists' and laboratory medical directors' attitudes and experiences.

May 18, 2011

Related Resources

ISMP medication error report analysis.

June 16, 2019

Preventing vincristine administration errors.

December 23, 2016

Medication safety issue brief. Counterfeit drug prevention and identification.

June 17, 2014

Improving safety throughout the medication use process in a neonatal intensive care unit.

May 11, 2014

Infant deaths associated with cough and cold medications—two states, 2005.

November 17, 2011

Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex medical error.

September 29, 2010

Chemotherapy error: practical approaches to increasing patient safety.

August 10, 2010

Clear liquids may place patients at risk.

March 18, 2010

Improving the safety of telephone or verbal orders.

March 18, 2010

Oral Dosage Forms that Should Not Be Crushed.

February 6, 2008

See More About The Topic

Physicians

Nurses

Pharmacists

Health Care Executives and Administrators

Medical Oncology

Preventing vincristine administration errors: does evidence support minibag infusions?

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Preventing vincristine administration errors: does evidence support minibag infusions?

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users