Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs in anaesthesia: Prospective randomised clinical evaluation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7826, 2011, Pages

  Merry, Alan F ^a,b   Webster, Craig S ^a   Hannam, Jacqueline ^a   Mitchell, Simon J ^a,b   Henderson, Robert ^c   Reid, Papaarangi ^a   Edwards, Kylie Ellen ^a   Jardim, Anisoara ^a   Pak, Nick ^a   Cooper, Jeremy ^a,b   Hopley, Lara ^a,b   Frampton, Chris ^d   Short, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Air New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRINGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKLOAD; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856386692     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5543     Document Type: Article

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