Help Prevent Medication Errors Using the Right Drug Dosing Content
The most common type of medication error involves incorrect dosage. These errors are also the most likely to cause patient injury.
First DataBank has developed context-relevant drug knowledge bases for computerized dosing applications, to meet the patient-safety needs of providers throughout the healthcare continuum. We offer an array of dosing content options that can reduce dose-related medication errors in the workflow.
Quick-Check Information on Dosage Ranges
Our five-module set, the Min/Max Dose Modules, offers a solution that's easy to implement. It gives you quick-check information on the typical range of dosing for clinical screening of adult, geriatric and pediatric patients. These modules do not require patient-specific information to return safe dosage levels or warning messages. They're especially valuable in settings where patient-specific information may not be available.
Safe Dosage Ranges for a Wide Range of Drugs
The Dosage Range Check Module helps prevent adverse drug events (ADE's), which can lead to longer hospital stays, increased costs and even death. It monitors the appropriateness of drug dosing, using patient-specific age, indication and organ-function data—when these are available in your information system. If patient-specific data are not available, you can still view a dosage range that consolidates the usual range for common indications for the specified drug.
This module screens against thousands of dispensable drug products. It enables your system to check a dose against low, high or maximum values, and to recommend a dosage range for the drug being considered.
Clinical Expertise on Neonatal and Infant Safe Dosage Ranges
Neonatal and infant patients are at higher risk for ADE's, especially in hospital acute-care settings. Pediatric patients are also more vulnerable to the consequences of medication errors than adult patients.
First DataBank's Neonatal and Infant Dosage Range Check Module draws on the expertise of experienced pediatric clinical pharmacists. It offers specialized drug-dosing information for this population, while complementing our adult dosing modules. This range check content accommodates the narrow therapeutic window for neonates and infants. It helps prevent dosing errors in these patients by factoring in critical data such as weight, gestational age at birth and medical condition, when available. Medication screening covers those drugs most commonly prescribed for newborns in an acute-care setting.
This module offers you the same type of dosing recommendations as the Dosage Range Check Module. When a medication dose for a newborn falls outside an acceptable range, frequency of administration or duration for a given drug, this screening module enables your pharmacy or clinical information system to show you a brief warning message. It alerts you to re-evaluate the appropriateness of the proposed dose.
Comprehensive Knowledge Base of Clinically Validated Drug Orders
The Prescriber Order Entry Module offers pre-defined prescriptions, so you can create prescription-writing applications more efficiently and cost-effectively.
This module offers nearly 20,000 common prescriptions, covering thousands of dispensable drug products and over 100,000 drug/disease combinations. With these drug orders, you can be guided to an appropriate drug selection before generating a possibly inappropriate prescription.
The Prescriber Order Entry Module incorporates convenient, easy-to-use pick lists of common prescriptions for adults, specific to the drug formulation and intended route of administration. Your e-prescribing system can filter prescriptions based on known patient information, such as medical condition. Users can also supplement this module by creating content specific to their own institutions. |