Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry.

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Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry.

January 9, 2008

Donze A; Wolf M.

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The authors discuss errors in the neonatal intensive care unit and the potential of computerized provider order entry to minimize them.

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