Profiles in patient safety: medication errors in the emergency department.

Pat Croskerry; Marc J Shapiro; Sam Campbell; Connie LeBlanc; Douglas Sinclair; Patty Wren; Michael Marcoux

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Profiles in patient safety: medication errors in the emergency department.

March 6, 2005

Croskerry P, Shapiro MJ, Campbell S, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11(3):289-99.

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Through case studies, this article characterizes the types of medication errors that may occur during the course of emergency department care.

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