Reducing errors during patient-controlled analgesia therapy through Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 359-364

  Moss, Janet ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957723656     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36054-5     Document Type: Article

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