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Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol

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Medication errors are likely common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In neonatal hospital care where the population with severe illness has a high mortality rate, around 14.9% of drug prescriptions have errors in LMICs settings. However, there is scant research on interventions to improve medication safety to mitigate such errors. Our objective is to improve routine neonatal care particularly focusing on effective prescribing practices with the aim ... Expand abstract
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s13012-022-01203-w

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Education
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7915-3004
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
External
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0851-3711
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ORCID:
0000-0003-1533-9800

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Publisher:
BioMed Central
Journal:
Implementation Science More from this journal
Volume:
17
Issue:
1
Article number:
32
Place of publication:
England
Publication date:
2022-05-16
Acceptance date:
2022-04-10
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EISSN:
1748-5908
Pmid:
35578243
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1260515
Local pid:
pubs:1260515
Deposit date:
2023-06-21

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