Study finds medication errors common after Intensive Care Unit transfer

Abstract

Commentary on : Tully AP, Hammond DA, Li C, et al . Evaluation of medication errors at the transition of care from an ICU to non-ICU location. Crit Care Med 2019;47:543–9. Doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003633 Medication errors at time of hospital discharge to outpatient settings have been thoroughly studied, showing 60% or greater of patients discharged experience medication errors.2–5 Though information …