Medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Renata Bandeira de Melo Escovedo Lerner; Manoel de Carvalho; Alan Araújo Vieira; Jose Maria de Andrade Lopes; Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira

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Medication errors in a neonatal intensive care unit.

April 16, 2008

Lerner RB de ME, de Carvalho M, Vieira AA, et al. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2008;84(2):166-70.

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A high incidence of medication errors was documented in a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil.

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