Medication errors analysis is an opportunity to improve practice

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-9

  Mohseni, Ilze E ^a,c   Wong, David H ^b  

^a UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM BESILATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIMETHYLTUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; DOBUTAMINE; FLUMAZENIL; GENERIC DRUG; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIVACURIUM; NALOXONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PROTAMINE SULFATE; RANITIDINE; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ERROR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031972922     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00239-0     Document Type: Editorial

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