Variability in the concentrations of intravenous drug infusions prepared in a critical care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1441-1447

  Wheeler, Daniel Wren ^a   Degnan, Beverley Ann ^a   Sehmi, Jobanpreet Singh ^b   Burnstein, Rowan Margaret ^a   Menon, David Krishna ^a   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Critical care; Intensive care; Medication error; Pharmaceutical preparations; Safety management

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HUMAN INSULIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MIDAZOLAM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MIXTURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYRINGE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG LABELING; ELECTROLYTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; SYRINGES;

EID: 48149096560     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1113-9     Document Type: Article

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