Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1299-1302

  Kozer, Eran ^a,b   Scolnik, Dennis ^a   MacPherson, Alison ^c,d   Rauchwerger, David ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Medication errors; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

CHILD; DATABASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33644670215     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2016     Document Type: Article

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