Medication errors with opioids: Results from a national reporting system

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Dy, Sydney Morss ^a,b   Shore, Andrew D ^a   Hicks, Rodney W ^c   Morlock, Laura L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Medication errors; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG RELEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 35348994859     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2007.0004     Document Type: Article

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