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Journal of RNA and Genomics| Volume 14 General Pediatrics Congress 2018 Current Pediatric Research | ISSN: 0971-9032 | Volume 22
GENERAL PEDIATRICS, ADOLESCENT
MEDICINE AND NEONATOLOGY CONGRESS
OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
YEARS
Hussein Ahmad Muad, Curr Pediatr Res 2018, Volume 22 | DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C3-008
MEDICATION ERRORS IN PEDIATRIC
EMERGENCY SETTINGS
Hussein Ahmad Muad
Al Zahra Hospital, UAE
Medication errors are still one of the significant challenging problems
that affect patient safety around the world. It is shown in the literature
that pediatric patients are at high risk for the medication errors, especially in
the emergency setting, ED, PICU, and NICU. Medication errors could occur in
many occasions such as; choosing the medication, writing the prescription,
deciding which formula to be used, dispensing the medication, and admin-
istering the drug. Apparently, the drug dosing error is higher in the pediatric
patients due to lack of standardization of dosage according to the age vari-
ation, incorrect weight, and wrong calculation. It is observed, particularly in
emergency situations, that medication errors are more frequent because of
the verbal orders, physician involvement in many simultaneous tasks, lack of
medication verification by the pharmacist, human- related factors such as fa-
tigue and stress, look-alike sound-alike medication, and miscommunication
related to language barriers. Enhancing the error reporting system to learn
from experience in a blame-free culture is the cornerstone to eliminate the
medication error or near miss to prevent harm reach the patients. Also, there
are many interventions such as; Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE),
conducting safety walk around to help the leaders in learning from the first-
line clinical staff, continuous education for the nurses and physicians regard-
ing patient safety, color-coded prefilled syringe, and precalculated doses de-
pending on length-based tape (Broselow tape). Overall, it is evidence that it is
worth for the organizations to invest in patient safety which will enhance the
health outcomes.
Hussein Ahmad Muad is a pediatrician and neonatolo-
gist at Al Zahra Hospital, UAE. He graduated from Da-
mascus University, then completed training in Pediatric
and Neonatology in Syria to become a board certified.
He achieved his fellowship and membership from In-
ternational Society for Quality in Healthcare ISQua. He
pursued MSc in healthcare management from the Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland RCSI. He had a certificate
in Quality and Safety from the Institute for Health Im-
provement (IHI). He has a particular interest and skills in
healthcare quality, patient safety, clinical audit, research,
and global projects that are improving health outcomes.
BIOGRAPHY