Incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events in the ICU: A systematic review

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Wilmer, Amanda ^a,b   Louie, Kimberley ^a,b   Dodek, Peter ^a,b,c   Wong, Hubert ^c   Ayas, Najib ^a,b,d,e  

^a Providence Health Care Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICATION ERROR; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 78249288440     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.030783     Document Type: Review

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