Tenfold medication errors: 5 Years' experience at a University-Affiliated Pediatric Hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 916-924

  Doherty, Catherine ^a   Mc Donnell, Conor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

10 fold medication error; Drug error; Patient safety; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MORPHINE; ONTARIO; OVERDOSE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860559911     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2526     Document Type: Article

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