Medication errors and adverse drug events in an intensive care unit: direct observation approach for detection.

Brian J. Kopp; Brian L. Erstad; Michelle E. Allen; Andreas A. Theodorou; Gail Priestley

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Medication errors and adverse drug events in an intensive care unit: direct observation approach for detection.

January 31, 2006

Kopp BJ, Erstad BL, Allen ME, et al. Crit Care Med. 2006;34(2):415-25.

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In this prospective study, investigators observed one preventable error for every five doses of medication administered at an academic medical center.

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