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Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population.

Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population. Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2015;12:96-102.

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October 7, 2015
Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2015;12:96-102.
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This article analyzed more than 4000 pediatric medication errors to determine contributing factors, including lack of patient information, drug name or packaging confusion, and IV pump and IV line mix-ups. Improvement efforts should focus on individualized ready-to-deliver medications as an error reduction strategy.

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Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population. Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2015;12:96-102.