Introduction of a prescribing ward round to reduce prescribing errors on a paediatric intensive care unit.

Our paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) performs active surveillance for prescribing errors and detects a mean of 1.66 with an SD of 0.18 total prescription errors per occupied bed day.

Food safety attitudes in college students: a structural equation modeling analysis of a conceptual model.

College students are one of the most at-risk population groups for food poisoning, due to risky food safety behaviors. Using the Likert Scale, undergraduate students were asked to participate in a Food Safety Survey which was completed by 499 students ages 18-25. Data was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS statistical software.

Zero tolerance prescribing: a strategy to reduce prescribing errors on the paediatric intensive care unit.

Purpose: To establish the baseline prescribing error rate in a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to determine the impact of a zero tolerance prescribing (ZTP) policy incorporating a dedicated prescribing area and daily feedback of prescribing errors.

Methods: A prospective, non-blinded, observational study was undertaken in a 12-bed tertiary PICU over a period of 134 weeks. Baseline prescribing error data were collected on weekdays for all patients for a period of 32 weeks, following which the ZTP policy was introduced.

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill children: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: We examined the impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on morbidity and mortality in critically ill children.

Data Sources: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, and previous meta-analyses.

Study Selection: We included all randomized controlled trials comparing administration of enteral antimicrobials in selective decontamination of the digestive tract with or without a parenteral component with placebo or standard therapy used in the controls.

Terlipressin bolus induces systemic vasoconstriction in septic shock.

Objective: To report the use of a synthetic, long-acting, vasopressin analog, terlipressin, as an effective vasoconstrictor in septic shock.

Design: Case report.

Setting: A 22-bed pediatric intensive care unit in a tertiary referral center.