Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia errors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1427-1432

  Paul, James E ^a   Bertram, Barbara ^b   Antoni, Karen ^a   Kampf, Marianne ^c   Kitowski, Terri ^c   Morgan, Aled ^d   Cheng, Ji ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b School of Medicine   (Australia)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NALOXONE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING EDUCATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST;

EID: 78650170498     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181fcb427     Document Type: Article

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