Safety alerts. Avoiding midazolam overdose: Summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7731, 2009, Pages 1196-

  Lamont, Tara ^a   Matthew, Linda ^a   Cousins, David ^a   Green, Jonathan ^b  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b British Society of Gastroenterology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; INTOXICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDAZOLAM; OVERDOSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 71249130801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4459     Document Type: Short Survey

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