Adverse drug errors in anesthesia, and the impact of coloured syringe labels

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1060-1067

  Fasting, Sigurd ^a   Gisvold, Sven Erik ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; DEXTRAN; EPHEDRINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

AMPOULE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CODING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYRINGE;

EID: 0034581827     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03027956     Document Type: Article

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