High-risk medication alert: Intravenous potassium chloride

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-16

  Reeve, James F ^a   Allinson, Yvonne M ^a   Stevens, Adele ^b  

^a Soc Hosp Pharmacists of Australia   (Australia)

^b Management Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse effects

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 13544276213     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2005.010     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Case reports supplied courtesy of the Monash University National Centre for Coronial Information (MUNCCI). Available from the authors on request.
2. Rardon DF, Fisch C. Electrolytes and the heart. In: Schlant RC, Alexander RW, editors. Hurst's The heart. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1994. Ch. 37, p. 759-74.
3. Wetherton AR, Corey TS, Buchino JJ, Burrows AM. Fatal intravenous injection of potassium in hospitalized patients. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2003;24:128-31.
4. The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. High-risk medication alert project report. Melbourne: The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia; 2003.
5. Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care. Medication alert: intravenous potassium chloride. Canberra: Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care; 2003. http://www.safetyandquality.org [cited 2005 Jan 10]