Do centrally pre-prepared solutions achieve more reliable drug concentrations than solutions prepared on the ward?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1311-1316

  Dehmel, Carola ^a   Braune, Stephan A ^a   Kreymann, Georg ^a,b   Baehr, Michael ^a   Langebrake, Claudia ^a   Hilgarth, Heike ^a   Nierhaus, Axel ^a   Dartsch, Dorothee C ^c   Kluge, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Intensive care; Medication error; Pharmaceutical preparations; Quality assurance; Safety management

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMIODARONE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 79961031502     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2230-4     Document Type: Article

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