Medication errors: Problems identified, but what is the solution?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 944-945

  Olsen, Keith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Critical care; Intensive care; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALPRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036216942     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200204000-00047     Document Type: Editorial

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6. Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events implications for prevention
7. Medication error prevention by clinical pharmacists in two children's hospitals
8. Pharmacist participation on physician rounds and adverse drug events in the intensive care unit
9. Development and impact of computerized pediatric antiinfective decision support program
10. New perspectives on preventing medication errors and adverse drug events