Chemotherapy medication errors in a pediatric cancer treatment center: Prospective characterization of error types and frequency and development of a quality improvement initiative to lower the error rate

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1320-1324

  Watts, Raymond G ^a   Parsons, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Pharmacy Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosing errors; Medical errors; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINIC ACID; MESNA; METHOTREXATE; RAZOXANE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UNDERDOSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879202171     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24514     Document Type: Article

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