San Francisco-area hospitals saw medication administration accuracy improve after participating in the Integrated Nurse Leadership Program's one-year quality improvement project, according to research published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
Through the INLP, each hospital was presented with off- and on-site training sessions that focused on how to foster enterprise-wide change. Each hospital also had nurse-led teams and unit teams improve medication administration accuracy through six process:
• Compare medication to the medication administration record.
• Keep medication labeled throughout.
• Check two patient identifications.
• Explain drug to patient (if applicable).
• Chart immediately after administration.
• Protect the process from distractions and interruptions.
After one year, all hospitals saw an increase in medication administration accuracy from 83.4 percent to 98 percent. The hospitals also experienced improvements in the patient safety processes.
Through the INLP, each hospital was presented with off- and on-site training sessions that focused on how to foster enterprise-wide change. Each hospital also had nurse-led teams and unit teams improve medication administration accuracy through six process:
• Compare medication to the medication administration record.
• Keep medication labeled throughout.
• Check two patient identifications.
• Explain drug to patient (if applicable).
• Chart immediately after administration.
• Protect the process from distractions and interruptions.
After one year, all hospitals saw an increase in medication administration accuracy from 83.4 percent to 98 percent. The hospitals also experienced improvements in the patient safety processes.
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