Improving adverse drug event detection in critically ill patients through screening intensive care unit transfer summaries.

Ananth M Anthes; Lisa M Harinstein; Pamela L Smithburger; Amy L Seybert; Sandra L Kane-Gill

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Improving adverse drug event detection in critically ill patients through screening intensive care unit transfer summaries.

July 31, 2013

Anthes AM, Harinstein LM, Smithburger PL, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013;22(5):510-6.

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Medication errors are common when patients are transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) to regular wards. This study used screening of ICU transfer summaries to detect these errors.

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