Risk reduction for adverse drug events through sequential implementation of patient safety initiatives in a children's hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Leonard, Michael S ^a,b   Cimino, Michael ^a,c   Shaha, Steven ^a   McDougal, Sandra ^a   Pilliod, Joanne ^a   Brodsky, Linda ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Medication errors; Patient safety; Pediatric; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG THERAPY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MICROCOMPUTER; PEDIATRICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DRUG THERAPY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750126762     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3183     Document Type: Article

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