Critical incident reporting in neonatal practice

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Subhedar, Nimish V ^a   Parry, Heather A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MORPHINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENT REPORT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PERINATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WALES;

EID: 77955738758     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.137869     Document Type: Review

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