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Neuromuscular blocking agents: reducing associated wrong-drug errors.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2009;6:109-114.

This article discusses adverse incidents submitted to the Pennsylvania reporting system involving neuromuscular blocking agents and shares strategies to minimize errors with this type of high-alert drug.

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Newspaper/Magazine Article

Setting of Care

General Hospitals

Target Audience

Health Care Providers

Risk Managers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Clinical Area

Pharmacy

Safety Target

Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Specific to High-Risk Drugs

Error Types

Active Errors

Latent Errors

Approach to Improving Safety

Error Reporting and Analysis

Communication between Providers

Human Factors Engineering

Computerized Adverse Event Detection

Origin/Sponsor

State Governments and Agencies