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COMMENTARY

Weighing in on medication safety.

Paparella S. J Emerg Nurs. 2009;35:553-555.

STUDY

Comparison of Broselow tape measurements versus physician estimations of pediatric weights.

Rosenberg M, Greenberger S, Rawal A, Latimer-Pierson J, Thundiyil J. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:482-488.

STUDY

Medication errors among acutely ill and injured children treated in rural emergency departments.

Marcin JP, Dharmar M, Cho M, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50:361-367.e1-2.

STUDY

Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?

Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.

STUDY

Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.

Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Mackinnon NJ, Zed PJ, Murphy N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e53.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Action needed to prevent dangerous heparin-insulin confusion.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 3, 2007;12:1-2.

STUDY

Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: an SBAR-based approach.

Field TS, Tjia J, Mazor KM, et al. Am J Med. 2011;124:179.e1-179.e7.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

No more blame & shame: developing event-reporting systems may go a long way to reducing patient care errors in EMS.

Rajasekaran K, Fairbanks RJ, Shah MN. EMS Magazine. September 2008.

STUDY

Medication errors in the management of anaphylaxis in a pediatric emergency department.

Benkelfat R, Gouin S, Larose G, Bailey B. J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar 8; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Outcomes of emergency department patients presenting with adverse drug events.

Hohl CM, Nosyk B, Kuramoto L, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;58:270-279.

STUDY

Dropping the baton during the handoff from emergency department to primary care: pediatric asthma continuity errors.

Hsiao AL, Shiffman RN. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:467-474.

STUDY

Barriers to emergency departments' adherence to four medication safety–related Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.

Juarez A, Gacki-Smith J, Bauer MR, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:49-59.

STUDY

National study on the frequency, types, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported emergency department medication errors.

Pham JC, Story JL, Hicks RW, et al. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:485-492.

STUDY

Assessing clinical handover between paramedics and the trauma team.

Evans SM, Murray A, Patrick I, Fitzgerald M, Smith S, Andrianopoulos N, Cameron P. Injury. 2010;36:100-106.

STUDY

Medication overdoses leading to emergency department visits among children.

Schillie SF, Shehab N, Thomas KE, Budnitz DS. Am J Prev Med. 2009;37:181-187.

STUDY

Color coded medication safety system reduces community pediatric emergency nursing medication errors.

Feleke R, Kalynych CJ, Lundblom B, Wears R, Luten R, Kling D. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:79-85.

STUDY

Bringing patients' own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital.

Chan EW, Taylor SE, Marriott JL, Barger B. Med J Aust. 2009;191:374-377.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Symposium on Simulation Science in Health and Medicine.

J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010;3:348-394.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors in the emergency department: need for pharmacy involvement?

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2011;8:1-7.

STUDY

Identifying medical errors: developing consensus on classifications and consequences.

Hobgood C, Eaton J, Weiner BJ. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:138-144.

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