Paramedic self-reported medication errors.

Gary M Vilke; Stephen Tornabene V; Barbara Stepanski; Holly E Shipp; Leslie Upledger Ray; Marcelyn A Metz; Dori Vroman; Marilyn Anderson; Patricia A Murrin; Daniel P Davis; Jim Harley

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Paramedic self-reported medication errors.

January 17, 2007

Vilke GM, Tornabene S, Stepanski B, et al. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007;11(1):80-4.

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This survey found that paramedics who committed medication errors typically conveyed them to in-house authorities and that 4% of the errors revealed in charts and radio contact logs were not reported.

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