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SAFE Loop for Medication Errors

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Led By Teryl K Nuckols, MD

Research Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 48 weeks

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test a new intervention, the SAFE Loop, to see if it improves nurse incident reporting practices, perceptions of incident reporting, and lowers rates of high-priority medication events.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for nurses working in acute care units at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. To participate, they must work more than half-time on a study unit during the 6-month period or throughout the SAFE Loop implementation if interviewed. Nurses who only work in outpatient clinics, operating rooms, post-anesthesia care, and emergency departments cannot join.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The trial tests the Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop to see if it betters nurse reporting of incidents and reduces medication errors compared to current systems. It involves all eligible nurses across 20 nursing units with different aspects being evaluated including incident reports review, surveys, medical records review, and interviews.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention focuses on improving reporting practices rather than administering medications or treatments to patients directly, there are no traditional side effects associated with its use.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 48 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~48 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 48 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Nurses' attitudes regarding communication about error

Nurses' incident reporting practices

Rate of high-priority medication events

Secondary outcome measures

Nurses' attitudes regarding reporting of patient safety events

Rate of high-priority medication events that involved patient harm

Rate of reporting high-priority medication events

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: SAFE Loop ArmExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Nursing units involved in the intervention arm will participate in an iterative educational and quality improvement process that encourages improved reporting of medication safety events deemed important to their individual nursing units.

Group II: Control ArmActive Control1 Intervention

Nurses in this study will continue standard practice protocol.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLead Sponsor

499 Previous Clinical Trials

159,694 Total Patients Enrolled

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)FED

399 Previous Clinical Trials

6,817,185 Total Patients Enrolled

6 Trials studying Medication Errors

8,340 Patients Enrolled for Medication Errors

Teryl K Nuckols, MDPrincipal InvestigatorVice Chair for Clinical Research Dept of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai

Media Library

Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05381441 — N/A

Medication Errors Research Study Groups: SAFE Loop Arm, Control Arm

Medication Errors Clinical Trial 2023: Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05381441 — N/A

Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05381441 — N/A

Medication Errors Patient Testimony for trial: Trial Name: NCT05381441 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any vacancies in this medical experiment for participants?

"Clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this medical study, first posted on February 17th 2022, is no longer accepting participants. However, there are 10 other trials available with open recruitment at the moment."

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