Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: Multinational prospective study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7700, 2009, Pages 928-931

  Valentin, Andreas ^a,b   Capuzzo, Maurizia ^c   Guidet, Bertrand ^d,e,f   Moreno, Rui ^g   Metnitz, Barbara ^a   Bauer, Peter ^a   Metnitz, Philipp ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^g HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649200265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b814     Document Type: Article

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