Inappropriate medication administration practices in Canadian adult ICUs: A multicenter, cross-sectional observational study;Une etude observationnelle, multicentrique et transversale sur les pratiques inappropriées en matière d'administration intraveineuse des médicaments chez les patients admis aux soins intensifs

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 637-643

  Kanji, Salmaan ^a   Lam, Jason ^b   Goddard, Rob D ^b   Johanson, Christel ^b   Singh, Avinder ^b   Petrin, Lee ^b   Coons, Patricia ^b   McIntyre, Lauralyn A ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84877098407     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1R414     Document Type: Article

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