Factors predictive of intravenous fluid administration errors in Australian surgical care wards

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Han, P Y ^b,c   Coombes, I D ^b,c,d   Green, B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVICE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION RATE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICATION ERROR; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 20644435586     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.010728     Document Type: Article

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