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Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Campino A, Lopez-Herrera MC, Lopez-de-Heredia I, Valls-i-Soler A. Acta Paediatr. 2009;98:782-785.
 

This study demonstrated a positive impact from a structured educational intervention on reducing medication prescribing errors.
 
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Resource Type:  Journal Article > Study

Setting of Care:  Hospitals > General Hospitals > Intensive Care Units

Target Audience:  Health Care Executives and Administrators > Quality and Safety Professionals

   Non-Health Care Professionals > Educators

Clinical Area:  Medicine > Critical Care

   Medicine > Pediatrics > Neonatology and Intensive Care

Safety Target:  Medication Safety > Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events > Ordering/Prescribing Errors

Error Types:  Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Approach to Improving Safety:  Culture of Safety

   Education and Training

Origin/Sponsor:  Europe
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