Evaluation of a Web-based education program on reducing medication dosing error: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

Karen Frush; Susan Hohenhaus; Xuemei Luo; Michael Gerardi; Robert A. Wiebe

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Evaluation of a Web-based education program on reducing medication dosing error: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

January 31, 2006

Frush K, Hohenhaus S, Luo X, et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22(1):62-70.

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The authors distributed an audiovisual education program to inform pediatric emergency care clinicians on the correct use of the Broselow Pediatric Resuscitation Tape. They found that the intervention improved dosing accuracy and administration time.

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