INT-010 The impact of the introduction of health information technology on medication errors in a paediatric intensive care unit

摘要

Increased use of health information technology (HIT) has been advocated as a medication error reduction strategy. Evidence of its impact in the paediatric setting remains limited. In 2012, the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of an Irish tertiary children’s hospital implemented electronic-prescribing and a smart-pump library of standard concentration infusions (SCIs).