Medication Error Minimization Scheme (MEMS) in an adult tertiary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 2009-2011

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 58-75

  Breeding, Jeff ^a   Welch, Susie ^a,b   Whittam, Susan ^a   Buscher, Hergen ^a   Burrows, Fay ^a   Frost, Carmen ^a   Jonkman, Maryke ^a   Mathews, Nicola ^a   Wong, Khai Shin ^a   Wong, Alison ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Errors; Intensive care; Medication; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84881220089     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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