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An educational and audit tool to reduce prescribing error in intensive care.
Thomas AN, Boxall EM, Laha SK, Day AJ, Grundy D. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:360-363.

This study developed and implemented an educational program that provided prescribing standards, formal education, and repeated feedback to reduce errors in practice.
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