Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and parents.

T Bertsche; A Bertsche; E.-M Krieg; N Kunz; K Bergmann; G Hanke; T Hoppe-Tichy; F Ebinger; W E Haefeli

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Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and parents.

May 19, 2010

Bertsche T, Bertsche A, Krieg E-M, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2010;19(5):e26.

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A quality improvement program successfully reduced the incidence of medication administration errors in pediatric inpatients.

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