Frequency and severity of harm of medication errors related to the parenteral nutrition process in a large university teaching hospital.

Gordon S. Sacks; Steve Rough; Kenneth A. Kudsk

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Frequency and severity of harm of medication errors related to the parenteral nutrition process in a large university teaching hospital.

August 19, 2009

Sacks GS, Rough S, Kudsk KA. Pharmacotherapy. 2009;29(8):966-74.

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Approximately 1 in 60 prescriptions for parenteral nutrition resulted in a medication error, most of which occurred at the preparation or administration stages.

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