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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.

The author discusses medical error in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the role of teamwork in achieving safety. Continuing education credit is available.

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Resource Type

Meeting/Conference Proceedings

Setting of Care

Intensive Care Units

Target Audience

Nurses

Nurse Managers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Clinical Area

Neonatology and Intensive Care

Critical Care Nursing

Safety Target

Device-related Complications

Diagnostic Errors

Identification Errors

Medication Safety

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Latent Errors

Approach to Improving Safety

Error Reporting

Communication between Providers

Human Factors Engineering

Teamwork

Culture of Safety

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America