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October 8, 2025Drug SafetyOpen Access

Harm to Children from Prescribing and Administration Errors in Acute Care: A Multidisciplinary Panel Assessment

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VMVirginia MumfordMacquarie UniversityMRMagdalena Z. RabanMacquarie UniversityEFErin FitzpatrickMacquarie University

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Implication

Multidisciplinary panels identified harm from medication errors in children, suggesting urgency for tailored interventions.

Key Points

  • Actual harm from medication errors was found in 89 out of 566 case studies, with 43% rated as minor and 9% as serious.
  • The study reviewed 26,369 prescribing orders and 5,137 administration observations, identifying a significant incidence of harm in children under 12 months.
  • Administration errors caused more actual harm (1.83%) compared to prescribing errors (0.21%), especially with intravenous antibiotics.
  • Higher rates of harm are associated with younger patients and specific errors, highlighting the need for focused safety interventions.

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Mumford et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6679587ecc93a24d17523https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-025-01618-6
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