Pediatric medication errors: What do we know? What gaps remain?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b   Jaggi, Tonushree ^b   Walsh, Kathleen ^c   Fortescue, Elizabeth B ^b   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG FORMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDLINE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0842302570     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2004)004<0073:PMEWDW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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