Strategies implementation to reduce medicine preparation error rate in neonatal intensive care units

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 755-765

  Campino, Ainara ^a   Santesteban, Elena ^a   Pascual, Pilar ^a   Sordo, Beatriz ^a   Arranz, Casilda ^a   Unceta, Maria ^a   Lopez De Heredia, Ion ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Intravenous medicine; Medication errors; Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborn infant; Preparation errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG FORMULATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICINE PREPARATION ERROR; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIDEORECORDING;

DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84949965275     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-015-2679-1     Document Type: Article

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