Results of a program to prevent medication errors in a pediatric emergency department;Resultados de una estrategia de prevención de errores de medicación en un servicio de urgencias pediátrico

Emergencias

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-95

  Vilà de Muga, Mònica ^a   Messegué Medà, Montserrat ^a   Astete, Joaquín ^a   Luaces Cubells, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency health services; Medication error; Patient safety; Prescription error; Prevention; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859131377     PISSN: 11376821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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