Comparison of Intensive Care Unit Medication Errors Reported to the United States’ MedMarx and the United Kingdom's National Reporting and Learning System: A Cross-sectional Study

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-69

  Wahr, Joyce A ^a   Shore, Andrew D ^b   Harris, Lindsay H ^c   Rogers, Philippa ^d   Panesar, Sukhmeet ^e,f   Matthew, Linda ^f   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Cleary, Kevin ^g   Pham, Julius C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical care; hospital incident reporting; medication errors; risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICATION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894315175     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613482964     Document Type: Article

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