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•Anticoagulants (70)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (107)

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•Hospitals (201)

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STUDY

NICU medication errors: identifying a risk profile for medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Stavroudis TA, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Bundy D, Miller MR. J Perinatol. 2010;30:459-468.

STUDY

A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

STUDY

Medication discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions.

Tjia J, Bonner A, Briesacher BA, McGee S, Terrill E, Miller K. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:630-635.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:696–698.

STUDY

Antiretroviral medication errors among hospitalized patients with HIV infection.

Rastegar DA, Knight AM, Monolakis JS. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:933-38.

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Medication errors involving oral chemotherapy.

Weingart SN, Toro J, Spencer J, et al. Cancer. 2010;116:2455-2464.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Your high-alert medication list—relatively useless without associated risk-reduction strategies.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 4, 2013;18:1-5.

STUDY

Drug formulations that require potentially inaccurate volumes to prepare doses for infants and children.

Uppal N, Yasseen B, Seto W, Parshuram CS. CMAJ. 2011;183:E246-E248.

STUDY

Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis.

Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:435-439.

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Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial stewardship program in detection and intervention.

Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009;53:715-723e1.

STUDY

Prescribing discrepancies likely to cause adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Liu S, Goldstein N, Nebeker J, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:32-36.

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:937-938, 945.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2010;45:282-287.

REVIEW

Medication errors in chemotherapy: incidence, types and involvement of patients in prevention. A review of the literature.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2009;19:285-292.

STUDY

Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets for patient safety improvement.

Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, Carey TS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:218-222.

STUDY

Unintentional therapeutic errors involving insulin in the ambulatory setting reported to poison centers.

Spiller HA, Borys DJ, Ryan ML, Sawyer TS, Wilson BL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:17-22.

STUDY

Assessing controlled substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription practice in the transition from the hospital to home.

Lee BH, Lehmann CU, Jackson EV, et al. J Pain. 2009;10:160-166.

STUDY

Anticoagulation-associated adverse drug events.

Piazza G, Nguyen TN, Cios D, et al. Am J Med. 2011;124:1136-1142.

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Oxytocin as a high-alert medication: implications for perinatal patient safety.

Simpson KR, Knox GE. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34:8-15.

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