Dosing Error
Evaluation of a Method to Reduce Over-the-Counter Medication Dosing Error
Marion Grady
3/9/2010
What is the purpose of the article?
The purpose of the article was to find a simple way of dosing over was a reduction in errors in the home dosing.
What are the overall research questions?
Research questions include dose determination and dose measurement percentage. The clinical trial randomly assigned color coded or conventional assignments to care givers.
Does the article include a review of literature? If so, what does it indicate?
Yes, the article includes a review of literature. The Institute of Medicine report November 2000, indicated that new strategies by medical practitioners and researchers …show more content…
The caregivers in both groups are to determine the dosage and measure the dose determined.
Identify the methods used in the study.
A) dose determination and measuring. B) The average median and maximum deviation C) percentage of participant under dose and overdosed two times the recommended dose.
Discuss the results or findings of this study.
The results suggested that the color coded, zone dosing may be useful in a home setting as well as the hospital setting. The study showed that conventional dosing methods indicated inaccurate dosing of the OTC medication by the caregivers. The color coded results showed that this method cold improve accuracy in determining and measuring OTC medications. There was significant improvement in the caregivers ability to determine and measure OTC medications for their children.
What is the background information of the paper selected?
The researcher was given approval from the Institutional review board (3977-02-7ROER), informed consent was obtained from the caregivers and a verbal questionnaire administered with questions about the caregiver’s relationship to the child, their age, race and educational
Marion Grady
3/9/2010
What is the purpose of the article?
The purpose of the article was to find a simple way of dosing over was a reduction in errors in the home dosing.
What are the overall research questions?
Research questions include dose determination and dose measurement percentage. The clinical trial randomly assigned color coded or conventional assignments to care givers.
Does the article include a review of literature? If so, what does it indicate?
Yes, the article includes a review of literature. The Institute of Medicine report November 2000, indicated that new strategies by medical practitioners and researchers …show more content…
The caregivers in both groups are to determine the dosage and measure the dose determined.
Identify the methods used in the study.
A) dose determination and measuring. B) The average median and maximum deviation C) percentage of participant under dose and overdosed two times the recommended dose.
Discuss the results or findings of this study.
The results suggested that the color coded, zone dosing may be useful in a home setting as well as the hospital setting. The study showed that conventional dosing methods indicated inaccurate dosing of the OTC medication by the caregivers. The color coded results showed that this method cold improve accuracy in determining and measuring OTC medications. There was significant improvement in the caregivers ability to determine and measure OTC medications for their children.
What is the background information of the paper selected?
The researcher was given approval from the Institutional review board (3977-02-7ROER), informed consent was obtained from the caregivers and a verbal questionnaire administered with questions about the caregiver’s relationship to the child, their age, race and educational