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Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (IA)

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Current Policy and Related Policies Just after the release of the IOM report in 1999, President Bill Clinton directed the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC) to develop and implement a plan of action for medical error incidence reduction and suggested that an error-reporting system should be established in all 50 states (Schulman & Kim, 2000). Schulman and Kim (2000) also stated that within 1 year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will develop standards to prevent errors caused by similar-sounding brand names and packaging with new drug labeling standards by the end of the year. The Medical Errors Reduction Act of 2000, the Stop All Frequent Errors in Medicare and Medicaid Act of 2000, Medication Error Prevention Act of 2000, the Patient Safety and Errors Reduction Act, and the Voluntary Error Reduction and Improvement in Patient Safety Act were created to enforce error-reporting, the Center for Patient Safety within the AHRQ was established following the IOM report recommendations, and the Federal Center …show more content…

Breeding, et al. (2013) states that there are a number of published documents addressing the quality, safety, and explicitly medication safety within ICUs worldwide. A large proportion of these studies focused on specific interventions such as: (1) creating “No interruption zones”; (2) addressing drug incompatibilities; (3) implementing automatic drug dispensing systems or electronic prescription of medications; or (4) implementing an ICU pharmacist role (Breeding, et al., 2013, p. 59). It is essential for multidisciplinary teams to be formed for medication safety promotion within this population. These teams would include physicians, pharmacists, and nurses (to also include advanced practicing nurses [APRN], such as nurse practitioners [NPs] or clinical nurse specialists

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