Medication errors involving patient-controlled analgesia

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 734-742

  Hicks, Rodney W ^a   Heath, W Michael ^b   Sikirica, Vanja ^c,d   Nelson, Winnie ^e   Schein, Jeff R ^f  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

^c Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

^d ETHICON INC   (United States)

^e XCENDA   (United States)

^f OMJSA

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; COMMUNICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58249097055     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34096-3     Document Type: Article

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