Does critical incident reporting contribute to medication error prevention?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 594-599

  Frey, Bernhard ^a   Buettiker, Vera ^a   Hug, Maja I ^a   Waldvogel, Katharina ^a   Gessler, Peter ^a   Ghelfi, Daniela ^a   Hodler, Catherine ^a   Baenziger, Oskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Critical incidents; Intensive care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; DRUG; ELECTROLYTE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HORMONE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MONITORING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

CHILD; DISCLOSURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036460708     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1055-0     Document Type: Article

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