Medication safety and transfusion errors in the ICU and beyond

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-110

  Hussain, Erfan ^a   Kao, Emily ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISCIPLINES RELATING TO BIOMEDICINE; DRUG COST; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 9644259098     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2004.08.003     Document Type: Review

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