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Medication errors are common in intensive care (Valentin A et al., BMJ. 2009;338). Standardized color coded labels for user applied syringes enjoy strong support from many health professionals, thinking that this might increase patient safety. Whether this is true or not warrants further research.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Data collection group: ICU physicians | Online survey for ICU physicians (members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)). |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The primary objective is to assess if standardized drug syringe labelling is used in European ICUs. | Online survey for ICU physicians (members of the ESICM). | A period of 90 days. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The second objectives is to assess 1. if standards for drug syringe labelling are similar in European ICUs and 2. if users expect that standardized drug syringe labelling should be delivered by the pharmaceutical industry. | Online survey for ICU physicians (members of the ESICM). | A period of 90 days |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
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Members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Campus Virchow Klinikum/Campus Charité Mitte | Berlin | State of Berlin | 13353/10117 | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 19282436 | Background | Valentin A, Capuzzo M, Guidet B, Moreno R, Metnitz B, Bauer P, Metnitz P; Research Group on Quality Improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) Study Investigators. Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational prospective study. BMJ. 2009 Mar 12;338:b814. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b814. | |
| 22527084 |
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| Derived |
| Balzer F, Wickboldt N, Spies C, Walder B, Goncerut J, Citerio G, Rhodes A, Kastrup M, Boemke W. Standardised drug labelling in intensive care: results of an international survey among ESICM members. Intensive Care Med. 2012 Aug;38(8):1298-305. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2569-1. Epub 2012 Apr 20. |