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Pediatric medication safety in adult community hospital settings: a glimpse into nationwide practice.
February 22, 2017
Alvarez F, Ismail L, Markowsky A. Hosp Pediatr. 2016;6(12):744-749.
This survey study found that most pediatric hospitalist programs use computerized provider order entry with weight-based medication dosing, review medication safety events and near misses, require weight-based prescribing, and have maximum doses in place. Larger hospitals are more likely to have a pediatric pharmacist. Variation in medication safety practices suggests that best practices remain incompletely implemented.
