Errors with injectable medications: Unlabeled syringes are surprisingly common - Unintended consequences of high-alert stickers. Easily misread abbreviations

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-84

  Cohen, Michael R ^a   Smetzer, Judy L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BUPIVACAINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THALLIUM;

AMPOULE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACERATION; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICATION ERROR; NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POWDER; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAFF TRAINING; SURGEON; SYRINGE;

EID: 67651121932     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4302-81     Document Type: Short Survey

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