Therapeutic errors among children in the community setting: Nature, causes and outcomes

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 304-309

  McD Taylor, David ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey ^b   MacLeod, Dawson ^b   MacBean, Catherine E ^c   Braitberg, George ^d  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Victorian Poisons Information Centre   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Child; Medication error; Paediatrics; Therapeutic error

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CLONIDINE; COCODAMOL; DIMETAPP; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SIMETHICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONFUSION; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STORAGE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OBSERVATION; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 65449120320     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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