The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Pacheco, Garrett S ^a   Viscusi, Chad ^a   Hays, Daniel P ^a,b,c   Woolridge, Dale P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic emergency department; pediatrics; prescription errors; residency training

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84869085097     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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