Status:

COMPLETED

Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Prescription Errors in the Intensive Care Unit: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Trial.

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Ghent

Conditions:

Medication Errors

Patient Safety

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Device: computerized physician order entry. We wanted to investigate if the introduction of a computerized intensive care unit system reduced the incidence and severity of medication prescription err...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients admitted to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion

  • Adult Patients admitted to other units
  • Pediatric patients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

April 1 2004

Estimated Enrollment :

160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00287274

Start Date

March 1 2004

End Date

April 1 2004

Last Update

December 28 2007

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University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, Belgium, 9000