Medication administration errors in an intensive care unit in Ethiopia

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Agalu, Asrat ^a   Ayele, Yemane ^b   Bedada, Worku ^b   Woldie, Mirkuzie ^b  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Medication administration error; Medication error

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HEMATOLOGIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLDOPA; METRONIDAZOLE; MEVINOLIN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84860532334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-5-15     Document Type: Article

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