Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era.
Wang H-F, Jin J-F, Feng X-Q, et al. Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic medical center hospital: a trend analysis during the journey to Joint Commission International accreditation and in the post-accreditation era. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2015;11:393-406. doi:10.2147/TCRM.S79238.
A hospital in the People's Republic of China was able to achieve a significant reduction in medication administration errors through a multidisciplinary quality improvement effort. The initiative included organizational measures, information technology interventions, quality improvement tools, and process optimization.