Improving the safety of neuromuscular blocking agents: A statement from the USP Safe Medication Use Expert Committee

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-142

  Phillips, Marjorie Shaw ^a,b   Williams, Roger L ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Death; Dosage; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Nomenclature; Packing; Reports; Skeletal muscle relaxants; Toxicity; United States Pharmacopeia

Indexed keywords

ANECTIN; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; CISATRACURIUM; DOXACURIUM; MIVACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; TRACIUM; VECURONIUM;

AWARENESS; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744442113     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp050169     Document Type: Review

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