A search of CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Knowledge, and JoAnna Briggs for the concepts of no interruption policies and medication administration produced the following citations for review. Included are studies of improving the accuracy of medical administration by reducing distractions and evaluating these initiatives.

Pape, Tess Innovative approaches to reducing nurses’ distractions during medication administration. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 2005 vol:36 iss:3 pg:108-16

Bennett, Jocelyn. Improving medication administration systems: an evaluation study. Canadian nurse 2006 vol:102 iss:8 pg:35 -39

Englebright, Jane. Managing a new medication administration process[. The Journal of nursing administration 2005 vol:35 iss:9 pg:410 -413

Kliger, Julie. Empowering frontline nurses: a structured intervention enables nurses to improve medication administration accuracy. The joint commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009 vol:35 iss:12 pg:604 -612

Conrad, Carole. Medication room madness: calming the chaos. Journal of nursing care quality 2010 vol:25 iss:2 pg:137 -1

LePorte L ; Ventresca EC; Crumb DJ Effect of a distraction-free environment on medication errors. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2009 May 1; 66(9): 795-6

Pape TM. Innovative approaches to reducing nurses’ distractions during medication administration. Quality Control Coordinator, University Health System, San Antonio, TX
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2005 May-Jun; 36(3): 108-16, 141-2

Relihan E. The impact of a set of interventions to reduce interruptions and distractions to nurses during medication administration. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 2010 Oct; 19(5): e52

Flanders, Sonya Interruptions and Medication Errors Part I Clinical nurse specialist 2010 vol:24 iss:6 pg:281 -285

Lisa Kunde BA, BPsych (Hons) Medication (Oral): Administration 02/11/2011