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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.

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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.

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Comparing errors in ED computer-assisted vs conventional pediatric drug dosing and administration.

Yamamoto L, Kanemori J. Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:588-592.

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Impact of computerized orders for pediatric continuous drug infusions on detecting infusion pump programming errors: a simulated study.

Sowan AK, Gaffoor MI, Soeken K, Johantgen ME, Vaidya VU. J Pediatr Nurs. 2010;25:108-118.

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Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists.

Schulman J, Stricof R, Stevens TP, et al; New York State Regional Perinatal Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2011;127:436-444.

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Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code–assisted medication administration system.

Morriss FH, Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, Milavetz G, Michael SL, Gordon SN. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:57-62.

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Prevalence of adverse events in pediatric intensive care units in the United States.

Agarwal S, Classen D, Larsen G, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11:568-578.

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Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational prospective study.

Valentin A, Capuzzo M, Guidet B, et al; Research Group on Quality Improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) Study Investigators. BMJ. 2009;338:b814.

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Medical errors recovered by critical care nurses.

Dykes PC, Rothschild JM, Hurley AC. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:241-246.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Safety in the NICU: preventing medical errors.

Stokowski LA. Highlights of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 22nd Annual Conference [Medscape.com]. March 8, 2007.

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Pediatric safety incidents from an intensive care reporting system.

Skapik JL, Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Thompson DA, Wu AW. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:95-101.

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Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Morriss FH Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, et al. J Pediatr. 2009;197:678-685.

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Selected medical errors in the intensive care unit: results of the IATROREF study: parts I and II.

Garrouste-Orgeas M, Timsit JF, Vesin A, et al; OUTCOMEREA Study Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010:181:134-142.

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Cardiovascular medication errors in children.

Alexander DC, Bundy DG, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Miller MR. Pediatrics. 2009;124:324-332.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Serious medication errors from intravenous administration of nimodipine oral capsules.

MedWatch Safety Alert, FDA Drug Safety Communication. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; August 2, 2010.

STUDY

Risk and pharmacoeconomic analyses of the injectable medication process in the paediatric and neonatal intensive care units.

De Giorgi I, Fonzo-Christe C, Cingria L, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:170-178.

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Evaluation of the role of the critical care pharmacist in identifying and avoiding or minimizing significant drug–drug interactions in medical intensive care patients.

Rivkin A, Yin H. J Crit Care. 2011;26:104.e1-104.e6.

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Pilot implementation of a perioperative protocol to guide operating room-to-intensive care unit patient handoffs.

Petrovic MA, Aboumatar H, Baumgartner WA, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012;26:11-16.

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Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement.

Nowak JE, Brilli RJ, Lake MR, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11:579-587.

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Medication safety initiative in reducing medication errors.

Nguyen EE, Connolly PM, Wong V. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:224-230.

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