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STUDY

Prevention of pediatric medication errors by hospital pharmacists and the potential benefit of computerized physician order entry.

Wang JK, Herzog NS, Kaushal R, et al. Pediatrics. 2007;119:e77-85.

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Effects of CPOE on provider cognitive workload: a randomized crossover trial.

Avansino J, Leu MG. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e547-e552.

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Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: a randomized, controlled trial.

Kozer E, Scolnik D, MacPherson A, Rauchwerger D, Koren G. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1299-1302.

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Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.

Kaushal R, Bates DW, Landrigan C, et al. JAMA. 2001;285:2114-2120.

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The relationship between computerized physician order entry and pediatric adverse drug events: a nested matched case-control study.

Yu F, Salas M, Kim YI, Menachemi N. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18:751-755.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Electronic prescribing systems in pediatrics: the rationale and functionality requirements.

American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology. Pediatrics. 2007;119:1229-1231.

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Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Longhurst CA, Parast L, Sandborg CI, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:14-21.

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Nighttime and weekend medication error rates in an inpatient pediatric population.

Miller AD, Piro CC, Rudisill CN, Bookstaver PB, Bair JD, Bennett CL. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1739-1746.

STUDY

The safety culture in a children's hospital.

Grant MJC, Donaldson AE, Larsen GY. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:223-229.

COMMENTARY

Ordering of continuous renal replacement therapy in a computerized provider order entry system.

Oh SS, Sinclair-Pingel J, Feldott CC, Hargrove FR. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:255–257.

REVIEW

Medication errors in paediatric care: a systematic review of epidemiology and an evaluation of evidence supporting reduction strategy recommendations.

Miller MR, Robinson KA, Lubomski LH, Rinke ML, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:116-126.

STUDY

Child-specific risk factors and patient safety.

Woods DM, Holl JL, Shonkoff JP, Mehra M, Ogata ES, Weiss KB. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:17-22.

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Effect of antiseptic handwashing vs alcohol sanitizer on health care-associated infections in neonatal intensive care units.

Larson EL, Cimiotti J, Haas J, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:377-383.

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Hospital admission medication reconciliation in medically complex children: an observational study.

Stone BL, Boehme S, Mundorff MB, Maloney CG, Srivastava R. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:250-255.

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Medication errors related to computerized order entry for children.

Walsh KE, Adams WG, Bauchner H, et al. Pediatrics. 2006;118:1872-1879.

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Pharmacists' perceptions of computerized prescriber-order-entry systems.

Inquilla CC, Szeinbach S, Seoane-Vazquez E, Kappeler KH. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:1626-1632.

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Unit-based clinical pharmacists' prevention of serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients.

Kaushal R, Bates DW, Abramson EL, Soukup JR, Goldmann DA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:1254-1260.

STUDY

A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life.

Holden RJ, Scanlon MC, Patel NR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:15-24.

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Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.

Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, Strandjord TP. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:226-33.

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Potential medication dosing errors in outpatient pediatrics.

McPhillips HA, Stille CJ, Smith D, et al. J Pediatr. 2005;147:761-767.

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