Detecting medication errors: A job for Six Sigma

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-192

  Stockwell, David C ^a   Slonim, Anthony D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication administration; Medication error; Pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIX DOGMA; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORK;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ARIZONA; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34147098928     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000257104.40781.95     Document Type: Editorial

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