Nurses See Red To Cut Drug Errors

Staff at a Scottish hospital are testing out a simple idea to reduce the number of mistakes made when making up patients’ drugs. Nurses in charge of the drugs round at Gartnavel hospital in Glasgow wear red tabards when dispensing drugs.

Staff and patients on two wards at the hospital are told not to speak to them when they have got the garments on.

Nurses said the idea stopped constant interruptions and has proved a success with staff.