MedicalResearch.com: Interview with:
Dr. Huiyun Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD
Center for Injury Research and Policy
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Jeb Phillips, BA
Project Specialist, Injury Research and Policy Staff
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study?
Response: From 2002-2012, a child younger than 6 years old experienced an out-of-hospital medication error every 8 minutes. That’s a total of 696,937 during the study period, or 63,358 per year. Almost all happened at the child’s residence. The rate and number of errors decreased with increasing age.
Analgesics were the mostly commonly involved medications (25.2%), followed by cough and cold medications (24.6%). More than 1 in 4 (27%) of the errors happened when a child inadvertently took or was given medication twice. Errors also happened when children took or were given an incorrect dose, when medication measurements were confused, and when the wrong medication was taken or given.
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Dr. Huiyun Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD
Center for Injury Research and Policy
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Jeb Phillips, BA
Project Specialist, Injury Research and Policy Staff
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study?
Response: From 2002-2012, a child younger than 6 years old experienced an out-of-hospital medication error every 8 minutes. That’s a total of 696,937 during the study period, or 63,358 per year. Almost all happened at the child’s residence. The rate and number of errors decreased with increasing age.
Analgesics were the mostly commonly involved medications (25.2%), followed by cough and cold medications (24.6%). More than 1 in 4 (27%) of the errors happened when a child inadvertently took or was given medication twice. Errors also happened when children took or were given an incorrect dose, when medication measurements were confused, and when the wrong medication was taken or given.
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