Potential medication dosing errors in outpatient pediatrics.

Heather A. McPhillips; Christopher J. Stille; David H. Smith; Julia Hecht; John Pearson; John Stull; Kristin DeBellis; Susan Andrade; Marlene R. Miller; Rainu Kaushal; Jerry H. Gurwitz; Robert L. Davis

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Potential medication dosing errors in outpatient pediatrics.

June 23, 2010

McPhillips HA, Stille CJ, Smith DH, et al. J Pediatr. 2005;147(6):761-7.

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The authors of this AHRQ–funded study counted overdoses and underdoses in new prescriptions and found that 15% of pediatric outpatients received orders containing potential dosing errors.

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