The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit.

I S Sanghera; B Franklin; S Dhillon

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The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit.

January 10, 2007

Sanghera IS, Franklin B, Dhillon S. Anaesthesia. 2007;62(1):53-61.

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The investigators interviewed staff members in an intensive care unit to explore factors contributing to medication errors and barriers to reporting these errors.

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