National study on the distribution, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported medication errors between the ICU and non-ICU settings

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-398

  Latif, Asad ^a,b   Rawat, Nishi ^b   Pustavoitau, Aliaksei ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,c   Pham, Julius C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse drug reaction reporting systems; adverse events; critical care; ICU; medical errors; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DISCLOSURE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ERRORS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873352956     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318274156a     Document Type: Article

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