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The purpose of this study is to determine whether an educational program for caregivers associated with convenient tools is effective to reduce medication preparation and administration errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).
Medication errors are frequent in neonatal intensive care units and consequences are more severe than in adults. Although errors happen in each step of medication management process, a large proportion of errors occur during medication preparation and administration.
This study will test the hypothesis that rates of medication errors during preparation and administration will be reduced by implementing an education program for NICU caregivers (Nurses) and providing convenient tools.
The trial has a stepped wedge design, in which the NICU's from three hospitals in France will be randomized (Group A, B and C) to the timing of implementation of the educational intervention.
According to the allocation (Group A, B or C), the education intervention will include a complete main program of nine weeks and one to three maintenance educational periods.
Medication administration errors rates will be measured before (baseline measurements) and after each educational interventions (main or maintenance interventions).
Errors will be identified by direct observations of nurse's acts by external observers.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| A | Group A: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: Main Educational program; Phase 3: Observations; Phase 4: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 5: Observations; Phase 6: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 9: Observations. |
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| B | Group B: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: No intervention; Phase 3: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 4: Main Educational program; Phase 5: Observations; Phase 6: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 9: Observations. |
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| C | Group C: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: No intervention; Phase 3: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 4: No intervention; Phase 5: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 6: Main educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance educational program; Phase 9: Observations. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Education program for NICU caregivers. | Behavioral | Intervention includes a main initial educational program, maintenance education programs and tools supply - Main educational program will include 9 hours of courses into NICU (1 hour each week) and @ learning modules validation. Topics: Main causes of medication errors, How to analyse retrospectively medication errors, Strategies to reduce medication errors, How to improve communication between health professional; Task interruption; Standardisation of preparation…..
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Medication administration error rates in the patients | Assessment of the efficacy of the intervention on reducing the rates of medication administration errors. Error rate: Number of identified errors/Number of observed acts of administration*100, measured by direct observation of nurse's acts by specifically trained external observers. | Baseline and up to 49 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Levels of safety culture among the caregivers (Nurses) | Assessment of the effectiveness of the educational intervention on increasing safety culture measured using Hospital Survey on patient safety. | Baseline and up to 49 weeks |
| Levels of medication errors reported by caregivers. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients less than 2 years old, hospitalized in the intensive care during the observation periods and receiving drugs.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Service de pédiatrie - Hôpital Pellegrin | Bordeaux | 33000 | France | |||
| CHU Côte de Nacre |
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Assessment of the efficacy of the educational intervention to increase voluntary reporting of medication errors by caregivers. |
| Baseline and up to 49 weeks |
| Acceptance of the educational program | Assessment of acceptance by satisfaction questionnaire | Baseline and up to 49 weeks |
| Caen |
| 14033 |
| France |
| CHU de Rouen | Rouen | 76031 | France |