Preventing medical errors in pediatric emergency medicine

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 702-709

  Selbst, Steven M ^a   Levine, Stu ^a   Mull, Colette ^a   Bradford, Kathleen ^a   Friedman, Marla ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Medical error; Medication error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CROWDING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER PLANNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRESS; TEAMWORK; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 6044272867     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000142958.42125.74     Document Type: Review

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