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STUDY

Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs: an epidemiologic study of prescribing medication errors.

Nerich V, Limat S, Demarchi M, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:699-706.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities: height and weight mix-up leads to dosing error.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 26, 2010;15:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: how can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?

Reddy GK, Brown B, Nanda A. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011;113:68-71.

STUDY

Polypharmacy in hospitalized older adult cancer patients: experience from a prospective, observational study of an oncology-acute care for elders unit.

Flood KL, Carroll MB, Le CV, Brown CJ. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2009;7:151-158.

STUDY

Detection, classification, and correction of defective chemotherapy orders through nursing and pharmacy oversight.

Mertens WC, Brown DE, Parisi R, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:195-200.

STUDY

Medication errors involving oral chemotherapy.

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

STUDY

Using CPOE to improve communication, safety, and policy compliance when ordering pediatric chemotherapy.

Crossno CL, Cartwright JA, Hargrove FR. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:368–373.

STUDY

Chemotherapy medication errors in a pediatric cancer treatment center: prospective characterization of error types and frequency and development of a quality improvement initiative to lower the error rate.

Watts RG, Parsons K. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Mar 20; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Taylor JA, Winter L, Geyer LJ, Hawkins DS. Cancer. 2006;107:1400-1406.

STUDY

Interruptions during the delivery of high-risk medications.

Trbovich P, Prakash V, Stewart J, Trip K, Savage P. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:211-218.

STUDY

Chemotherapy dose limits set by users of a computer order entry system.

DuBeshter B, Griggs J, Angel C, Loughner J. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:136-142.

COMMENTARY

Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.

Spruill A, Eron B, Coghill A, Talbert G. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2009;13:716-717.

STUDY

Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysis.

Kim GR, Chen AR, Arceci RJ, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:495-498.

STUDY

Multidisciplinary system for detecting medication errors in antineoplastic chemotherapy.

Serrano-Fabiá A, Albert-Marí A, Almenar-Cubells D, Jiménez-Torres NV. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2010;16:105-112.

STUDY

Patient-reported safety and quality of care in outpatient oncology.

Weingart SN, Price J, Duncombe D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:83-94.

STUDY

Checking it twice: an evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model.

White RE, Trbovich PL, Easty AC, Savage P, Trip K, Hyland S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:562-567.

STUDY

Chemotherapy patients' perceptions of drug administration safety.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:2896-2901.

STUDY

Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting.

Walsh KE, Dodd KS, Seetharaman K, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2009;27:891-896.

BOOK/REPORT

Fluorouracil Incident Root Cause Analysis Report.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada. May 8, 2007.

STUDY

Characteristics of medication errors with parenteral cytotoxic drugs.

Fyhr A, Akselsson R. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2012;21:606-613.

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