Medication error in anaesthesia practice: Multimodal prevention and individual control;Erreur d'injection de médicament en anesthésie réanimation : prévention multimodale et contrôle individuel

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 833-835

  Benhamou, D ^a   Auroy, Y ^b   Amalberti, R ^c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

Intrathecal; Medication error; Patient safety; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

SUFENTANIL;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 70449720556     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2009.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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