Veilig toedienen van geneesmiddelen in ziekenhuizen

• Every day medication is administered to thousands of hospital inpatients, and medication administration errors can occur.
• Interventions to reduce medication administration errors have been developed and tested; these include training, double-checking procedures, and technological solutions (such as smart infusion pumps and barcode-controlled drug administration).
• Most of the studies that investigated these interventions were small, meaning it is unclear which intervention is the most effective. More research is needed to identify the best solutions.

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