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Association between license status and medication errors.

Conroy S. Arch Dis Child. 2011;96:305-306.

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Characteristics of medication errors and adverse drug events in hospitals participating in the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative.

Takata GS, Taketomo CK, Waite S; for the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2036-2044.

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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.

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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.

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Computer based medication error reporting: insights and implications.

Miller MR, Clark JS, Lehmann CU. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:208-213.

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Parenteral nutrition prescribing processes using computerized prescriber order entry: opportunities to improve safety.

Hilmas E, Peoples JD. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012;36(suppl 2):32S-35S.

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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.

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

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

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Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting database.

Rinke ML, Bundy DG, Shore AD, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Miller MR. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010;31:129-136.

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Medication errors in paediatric outpatients.

Kaushal R, Goldmann DA, Keohane CA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e30.

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Bar code technology and medication administration error.

Young J, Slebodnik M, Sands L. J Patient Saf. 2010;6;115-120.

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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

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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.

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Improving ambulatory prescribing safety with a handheld decision support system: a randomized controlled trial.

Berner ES, Houston TK, Ray MN, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:171-179.

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The impact of a closed-loop electronic prescribing and administration system on prescribing errors, administration errors and staff time: a before-and-after study.

Franklin BD, O'Grady K, Donyai P, Jacklin A, Barber N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:279-284.

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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.

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An intervention to decrease patient identification band errors in a children's hospital.

Hain PD, Joers B, Rush M, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:244-247.

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Using an enhanced oral chemotherapy computerized provider order entry system to reduce prescribing errors and improve safety.

Collins CM, Elsaid KA. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:36-43.

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Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records.

Yu DT, Seger DL, Lasser KE, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011;20:192-202.

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Medical errors in US pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions.

Ahuja N, Zhao W, Xiang H. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e786-e793.

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