Evaluating the Severity of Reported Potassium-Related Errors and Developing Safeguards to Improve Potassium Safety in Critical Care–a Modified Expert Panel Study
Most potassium-related incidents were related to wrong concentration and medication. The consequences of potassium-related errors may be more serious than reported. The quality of harm categorisation needs improvement to provide more reliable information on medication errors to improve medication safety. The expert panel suggested multilevel safeguards to improve potassium safety in ICUs.
Authors
- Susanna Saano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2699-2066)
- Raisa Laaksonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3841-0534)
- Minna Kurttila
Institutions
- American Pharmacists Association (US)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Patient Safety
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000001481
- Primary Topic
- Potassium and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00