Clinical assessment of a new anaesthetic drug administration system: A prospective, controlled, longitudinal incident monitoring study: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-499

  Webster, C S ^f   Larsson, L ^f   Frampton, C M ^d   Weller, J ^a,c   McKenzie, A ^e   Cumin, D ^f   Merry, A F ^b,c  

^a Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BIOSAFETY; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE MIX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFUSION PUMP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; DRUG LABELING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950898493     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06325.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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